Habits of Happy Women

Because I am moving in a few short weeks, I’ve been spending some of my free time (actually, most of my time – what do you expect – I don’t have a job?!) going through all of my belongings deciding what stays, what goes, and what becomes one with the landfill (or recycling plant for [...]

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Art Buchwald – The Man Who Wouldn’t Die

I recently began reading Too Soon to Say Goodbye – the last book Pulitzer Prize winning humorist and columnist, Art Buchwald, wrote shortly before he passed away. Buchwald, known as the “Whit of Washington,”spent 4 decades chronicling and satirizing the Washington political scene, and, at one time, his syndicated column appeared in more than 500 [...]

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How Failure Can Save Your Life

We are constantly moving, looking, planning, doing, wondering; in the midst of one activity, we are thinking about the next one. Our brains and bodies are eternally at work, and it can sometimes seem impossible to try and focus on only one thing at a time. For example, right now, my primary focus is on [...]

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The Conscious Decision to Love Yourself

Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day in the southeast. The streets of my Atlanta neighborhood were dotted with bundles of red, yellow, and orange infused trees, and the air was crisp, warm, and fresh. It was as if November had switched places with September – granting us one last chance to relish in the fall [...]

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Inspiration at the Gym…from Malin Akerman

I like how I feel afterward, but to be honest, I really don’t like working out that much. It is something I usually dread, but I try and go a few (“few” being the operative word) times a week, because it is so good for the mind and body, and I feel energetic and optimistic [...]

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