“We are not responsible for what breaks us, but we can be responsible for what puts us back together again. Naming the hurt is how we begin to repair the broken parts.” Desmond Tutu Nobody gets through life alone. I know many people who because they have been hurt terribly, try. But, in almost anything […]
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Evaluating Your Mental Health One reason why the Olympics might be such a big deal is the scarcity. They don’t happen every year and so we look forward, anticipating, reading up on who will be competing and listening to “experts” critique the athletes and their training. You never know what will happen, but something always
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At Live On Purpose TV, our YouTube Channel, parenting is a huge piece of what people are looking for. There is another piece that recently got a big surge and that was personal development. I have met some people who either aren’t really sure what that is or they say they are not “into” personal
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Make a tight fist and don’t open your hand. Now catch what I throw to you. It is a little hard to catch something when your hand is tightly fisted. I use this example when talking to clients who are having a hard time letting go of something. When they are having a hard time
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“There is no comfort in change and no change in comfort.” Since the last 16 months have been full of times of discomfort we should have grown a lot. This may not have happened. While I love the quote and think it is true that there is discomfort in change, there is a piece missing.
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I am a big believer in being grateful. Gratitude can help us to feel content. Gratitude can cause a perception shift that leads to growth. Gratitude can help us to look outside ourselves. Gratitude can create connection. We celebrate Memorial Day this weekend and I was thinking about the reason we have this holiday. It
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Let’s take the example of someone in a relationship that is not serving them well. It could be a relationship where you desire affection and want to spend time with your partner. They say they are committed, but they continue to schedule things ahead of you and don’t put you first. They avoid talking about
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Love Conquers All Day is June 3rd. Even though this holiday is on the weird and bizarre calendar of holidays, it might be one of the most important days of the year. So much of what is happening in the world and in our homes can be solved by choosing love and conversely, by not
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Good things come to those who wait. Time heals all wounds. Forgive and forget. What doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger. Money can’t buy happiness. It is what it is. You have heard these before. Platitudes. They are said to help someone feel better. They are said because we don’t know what to
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In thinking about the topic for today’s email, I googled positivity and came up with 52,300,000 responses. That is a lot of information. If you had the time to go through and read all the articles and posts, would it make you more positive? Not likely. We can read books about cooking, eat a lot
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