Books I Read in 2017
The last few years I read roughly 60 books. This year I only got through 50. Maybe it's because I'm busier with my little granddaughter. Or perhaps because I'm finishing my own book about Post Traumatic Growth that will be released in February. I was pleased with...
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Early Christmas Celebration
Part of our family will be in TX for Christmas so we had a little mini celebration at Tucker's house in Frisco, CO....
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Stress Free Christmas
Here are a few links for making this Christmas a little more stress free. Permission to Cheat on Holiday Cookies and Other Allowances - Kelle Hampton has great ideas for simplifying Christmas....
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Three Tips For Setting Boundaries When You Find Yourself Stranded on the Island of Exhaustion
A friend sent me a note today. She begged for some quick help on how she can set boundaries. She said she and her husband were completely overwhelmed by the demands on their lives. “We’re so exhausted, we’re zombies. The stress is killing us. The more we try to...
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Trauma and the Las Vegas Shootings
Trauma is in my wheelhouse. I grew up with trauma. I buried trauma. I finally learned how to deal with trauma when I became a Licensed Professional Counselor at age 37. For 15 years I have researched trauma, written about it, counseled clients, attended seminars,...
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Brene Brown’s Braving the Wilderness
Brene Brown's new book Braving the Wilderness released today. I bought it on Audible because she's such a good storyteller and has so much wisdom. I wanted to hear her voice. Here's what BookBub says: A timely and important new book that challenges everything we...
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Dear Maddy
Dear Maddy, You are the daughter of my dear friends. Your dad and my husband have been friends since they were three. Over the years our families have stayed close. John and I met you when you were just a few weeks old and now you are three days from walking out...
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Self Care Checklist
One Rule For Life Vacations Can Teach You
Whenever me and my husband take group tours to Europe we make such fabulous memories. Planning these trips, and then taking them, makes each day after our vacation richer. But one thing we’ve learned about our trips is that a lot of things are going to go wrong. ...
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The Scientific Reason It’s So Hard to Keep a Secret
As a counselor, it’s fairly easy to keep secrets. That’s because I’m required to. It’s against the law except under very specific circumstances for me to share what clients tell me. So, I’ve had to get good at it. Usually that’s not a problem. But if a person’s...
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