Category: Self Improvement
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What Matters Most (Redux)
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs I sat down last week to write my Friday short post, I’d just been profoundly affected by a couple of paragraphs I read in a novel I had a hard time putting down. Tears began leaking and my throat closed up a little as I read them again and again. I… Read more
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You’ve Got Snail Mail!
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen was the last time you went to the mailbox and came back clutching a personal letter from someone you value in your life? Not a greeting card with a few handwritten words to supplement the generic message some anonymous greeting card writer wrote. Not a thank you note for a gift… Read more
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Toxic Positivity. Huh??
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn my post two weeks ago, I recommended you read Dr Gladys McGarey’s book, The Well-Lived Life. I’m doing my second read through this week, picking up all kinds of things this time that I missed on the first go-round. After Hurricane Ian I put up this sign in our yard. One… Read more
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A Very Good Day
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I had the very last medical appointment pertaining to the cancer diagnosis I got in January. It was a second opinion with a medical oncologist. I was astounded and gratified that he “felt extremely comfortable” with the decision I’d made to decide not to have any radiation or aromatase inhibitor… Read more
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The Well-Lived Life
Reading Time: 4 minutesRight here, right now, I’m going to give you the best mental (and maybe physical) health advice you’ll ever receive. It is this: Get this book, read it cover to cover. * Read it again. Think about it, and what Dr Gladys says in it, whenever you have a bit of a… Read more
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Aqua Walking
Reading Time: 2 minutesnally, FINALLY, I found a way to exercise that I absolutely love. Since my cancer diagnosis early this year, I’m starting to really understand that exercise, which I’ve avoided like the plague most of my life, is vitally important in preventing a recurrence. As is losing weight and eating right, all things… Read more
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5 Frogs on a Log
Reading Time: 2 minutesFive frogs are sitting on a log. Four decide to jump off. How many are left? A few years ago I conducted the great Malaise Experiment. The idea was to go 21 days (in a row!) making good choices about what I ate, how and how much I moved, and choosing activities… Read more
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My Happy Place
Reading Time: 4 minutesYou all know I love the beach. The colors, the sun, the warmth, the water, the sand, the sounds, the possibilities of adventure, I love everything about the beach. But I learned something more about myself this week. A week ago today I went to the plastic surgeon and, after 12 weeks… Read more
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A New Lease on Life
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMost of you know I got a cancer diagnosis in January and have been dealing with that the last several months. Theoretically, today I am cancer free. Any further treatment the medical profession is recommending is to prevent the chance of recurrence. I’ve used the last 6 months to educate myself… Read more
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Living Fearlessly
Reading Time: 2 minutesI feel completely blessed that somewhere along the way, I’ve learned to not live my life in fear. In fact, even facing a life threatening cancer diagnosis hasn’t triggered any fear and anxiety in me. Understanding and embracing that birth is a death sentence helps give me the freedom to simply live… Read more