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Category: Best of the Week

TGIF: Closer to fine and the first mom to qualify for stage 2 of American Ninja Warrior

Trust As I mentioned in my earlier blog post this week, I’ve been cultivating a playlist on spotify of songs … More

American Ninja Warrior, Closer to Fine, Dry Shampoo, Falcon Heavy Launch, Galileo, Indigo Girls, Sandy Zimmerman, Space X, TGIF, TGIF practice

Picking up the pieces

I’m having a pretty busy summer, so things will probably be pretty quiet around here for awhile. But, I wanted … More

Fun, Ideas for Self Care, Inspiration, picking up the pieces, quitting, self-care, Trust Yourself, when to quit

Trust Yourself and have a unicorn popsicle

Each week (usually on Friday), I like to follow Brené Brown’s example and reflect with a practice she calls TGIF: … More

Fun, Gratitude, Inspiration, TGIF practice, Trust, Trust Yourself

TGIF: Tiny Triumphs and Changing Hearts

Most Fridays I like to share a practice from Brené Brown called TGIF. In her Friday newsletter she shares something she Trusts, … More

ATA Martial Arts, BecauseofRHE, Christianity, Fun, Gratitude, Inspiration, Rachel Held Evans, Sarah Bessey, TGIF, TGIF practice, Trust

What I’ve learned this month

A lot of the people I follow on instagram are fans of the writer, Emily P. Freeman. Who hosts the … More

Emily P Freeman, Life Lessons, What I've learned

TGIF: Trust Gratitude Inspiration Fun

Brené Brown recently changed the format of her weekly email. She used to send out a weekly “Dose of Daring,” … More

Best of the Week, friday fun, Fun, Gratitude, Inspiration, TGIF, TGIF practice, Trust

Little Life Hacks: Make your bed

At the University of Texas at Austin commencement in 2014, Navy Admiral William McRaven shared a 10 Lessons from Basic … More

Life Hacks, Make your bed, Tiny Tips, Tips

“No Makeup” by Sharon Olds

I don’t wear makeup. I’ve tried. But it didn’t really work. I’m not very good at applying it. In summertime … More

Inspiration, Makeup, No Makeup, Poems, poetry, Recommendations, Sharon Olds

Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere

First, did you know that Google has this site called “Google Arts and Culture” where you can see images of … More

Art and Culture, Inspiration, Millicent Fawcett, Suffragette

Space: it’s out of this world

I live on Florida’s Space Coast. Titusville lies just across an intracoastal waterway from the Kennedy Space Center. Before my … More

ISS, Launches, Space

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