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Stories and learnings from my own personal journey into deeper compassion, healthier relationships and nonviolent living. Please feel free to leave comments and questions on any posts; I love being in conversation with you.

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empowerment
My Favorite Things
With one set of celebrations behind me, and New Year’s Eve coming up ahead of me, I thought it would be fun to share some ...
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awareness
What Motivates Change?
All my life, I’ve wondered, “Why do some people seem to wake up, while others don’t?” It’s always seemed to me like there are those ...
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compliments
Gratitude and Compliments
“You are so wonderful.   You are kind, empathic, intelligent, and strong.   You are so thoughtful. Considerate.  Hardworking.   You did a good job on that meal.”  ...
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relationships
Three Things I’m Loving This Week
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Mississippi River
acceptance
Grounding in the Power of Presence
As I was cleaning up my study this weekend, I came across journals I had kept when I was in college many years ago. Browsing ...
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capacity building
The Art of Capacity Building
We’re halfway through discussing the four domains of the Change Spiral I’ve developed to describe how we humans grow and change through repeating patterns over ...
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Mapping the change process
developmental stages
How do people change?
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egotistical people
choice
How to Deal with “Egotistical” People
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Open-hearted living
emotional strength
What Is Openhearted Living?
I began thinking about the places in my life where I show up half-heartedly, instead of full-heartedly and then about those areas where I live ...
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healing
6 Signs You’re Healing
How do you know if all the learning, growing, therapy and healing work you’re doing is actually working? When it comes to inside stuff, how ...
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empowerment
My Favorite Things
With one set of celebrations behind me, and New Year’s Eve coming up ahead of me, I thought it would be fun to share some ...
Read more
awareness
What Motivates Change?
All my life, I’ve wondered, “Why do some people seem to wake up, while others don’t?” It’s always seemed to me like there are those ...
Read more
compliments
Gratitude and Compliments
“You are so wonderful.   You are kind, empathic, intelligent, and strong.   You are so thoughtful. Considerate.  Hardworking.   You did a good job on that meal.”  ...
Read more
relationships
Three Things I’m Loving This Week
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Mississippi River
acceptance
Grounding in the Power of Presence
As I was cleaning up my study this weekend, I came across journals I had kept when I was in college many years ago. Browsing ...
Read more
capacity building
The Art of Capacity Building
We’re halfway through discussing the four domains of the Change Spiral I’ve developed to describe how we humans grow and change through repeating patterns over ...
Read more
Mapping the change process
developmental stages
How do people change?
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egotistical people
choice
How to Deal with “Egotistical” People
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Open-hearted living
emotional strength
What Is Openhearted Living?
I began thinking about the places in my life where I show up half-heartedly, instead of full-heartedly and then about those areas where I live ...
Read more
healing
6 Signs You’re Healing
How do you know if all the learning, growing, therapy and healing work you’re doing is actually working? When it comes to inside stuff, how ...
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