Category: Engage
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Get the F*ck Out (Or How To Tame the Depressing Day Dragon)
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. We’ve all had those days. Something’s stuck on the brain. We vacillate between thinking about it and trying to avoid thinking about…
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How to Be With a Strong Woman (Men, Take Note)
“On the left side of a strong woman, stands a strong man; he is strengthened by her character.” ― Ellen J. Barrier A lot of men are intimidated by strong women. They either won’t approach them at all, or they try to control them. Neither of those is the answer, though, because a relationship with a strong…
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How I Dropped the Ball (and picked the damn thing back up)
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry I’ve been in a really good flow. Like, an amazing flow. I can feel the positive changes in my life and all I’m contributing and will be able to contribute sweeping over me. I’ve charted a course for where I want to…
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How to Bust Fear’s Balls
Anger is really just subdued fear — it is rooted in fear. Anger leads to excuses. Sneaky bastards, they are. You’ll either find a way or find an excuse is absolutely right. There are times that, despite my path to forge ahead and try things I never would have had the courage to try,…
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What Grief Taught Me About the Importance of Perception
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” ― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed Shortly after I found out I was expecting my first child and just two weeks after I told him that he was going to be a Granddad, my dad died unexpectedly. Although in hindsight there were several signs,…