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Where Are Your Limitations Involving Friendships?

30. January 2011

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Did you know that there are A, B & C friends that can either elevate your life or tear it down? We aren’t trying to put a label on friendships but using A,B & C will allow us to explain how the B & C friends may bring limitations to your life and how important [...]

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The power of validation~

25. January 2011

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As we focus on strengths everywhere around us, our self-confidence and feelings of worth are seen. When we focus on the good around us we’ll see our situations improve! See the positive! Recognize accomplishments everywhere! Respect everyone! Choose to see the good in yourself and others then watch what comes back to you! Enjoy the [...]

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Laughter Is The Best Medicine

7. December 2010

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 Laughter is the best medicine. We’ve heard the expression time and again. For decades, researchers have explored how humor helps patients relieve stress and heal. And laughter really is the best medicine!   Thinking about posting these funny stories makes me feel good! Funny Teen-age Story On my first trip to California, I was a young girl of 18 years [...]

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Personal Goal Setting: Step Two – CATEGORIZE

7. November 2010

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 Mind Tools clearly teaches that the process of setting goals and helps you choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate your efforts. You’ll also quickly spot the distractions that would otherwise lure you from your course. Properly-set goals can [...]

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Let’s Get Naked: My Take on Transparency Online

29. September 2010

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind” – Dr. Seuss Tammy Camp has an awesome post on transparency! She talks about the concept of transparency, being honest and open, about setting very few, if any, barriers between you and your social [...]

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I Feel the Power!(The Recipe For A Healthy Self-Esteem Part Three)

10. August 2010

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Powerlessness. Can you point to a time you felt that way? Most everyone has at least one incident they can recall. Others don’t know what life feels like outside of feelings of powerlessness. It’s a way of life. Some of us learn powerlessness as a young child because we lived in abusive situations that had [...]

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Keep On Keeping On with Multiple Sclerosis: Walking Update: August 1, 2010

1. August 2010

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Time flies! I’m so grateful that I have this accountability with my new-found friends online. It is much easier keeping on with multiple Sclerosis when I have friends tracking my progress! Creating these movies helps me see where I am, it gives me a purpose to keep on! I have to stay focused on hope [...]

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Define Our New Reality

17. July 2010

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A childhood friend, Mysti Palmer found me on Facebook the other day and we had a wonderful reunion online!  She told me of her friend that was recently diagnosed with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Talking to Tom made me remember where I was back in Jun 2005. It was then that I realized I had to [...]

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Personal Goal Setting: Step Four – ACTION

15. July 2010

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You have laid the foundation for organization through Dreaming, Writing, and Breaking it down. Now it’s time to put all this work into action. Create a To-Do List. To-Do Lists are prioritized lists of all the tasks that you need to carry out, starting with the most important. As I said, my organization technique is [...]

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Goals: Personal Goal Setting: Step Three – DISSECT

14. July 2010

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My first organization skills were learned in college when I invested in a Franklin Planner. If I remember correctly, the cost was over $60 – a ton of money to a college student in the ’80′s, but it was money well spent!  With those pre-computer-day skills, I’ve lived an organized life.  Now that I’m blogging, I’ve [...]

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