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Five Ways to Add More Joy to Your Life
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This week, I share five ways to add more joy to your life – all coming from a possibly unusual source. If you have been following my for a while, you’ll know that Jump Start Your Joy is my second blog (third if you count an anonymous one I started in…
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Get Ready for the 2016 Multi-Passionate Must-Haves Bundle
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I’m pretty much over the moon to be included in this year’s Multi-Passionate Must-Haves Bundle. If you’ve been listening to my podcast, you know that I strongly identify with being a “Multi-passionate,” or, the kind of person that has a ton of interests, and is drawn to a wide array…
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My Jump Start Your Joy Podcast is now Live!
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Over the past few months, I’ve been working hard on creating my own podcast. It launched today, and it’s called “Jump Start Your Joy.” On it, I interview people who have mindfully and intentionally followed joy in their life, and we talk about how each guest has done that, and…
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Finding Peace and Contentment in a Busy Life
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Today’s post is a guest post by my friend and colleague, Addie K .Martin. At times peace and contentment can feel elusive, especially where there’s so much to do on a day to day basis. I could list these things, but I’m sure you’re all too aware of the myriad…
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Don’t Let the “Fear of Missing Out” Guide Your Decisions
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Maybe you’ve heard of the phrase the “Fear of Missing Out,” (or FOMO)? It has become popular recently, and it’s used to describe a person’s underlying fear that by not attending an event or making a purchase that you “might miss out on the one thing that will make all the difference” in your life.…
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How to Fall In Love with The Messy Middle
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As you start to work towards something new in life, you always hit that new, unfamiliar, not so comfortable stage before you hit your stride with it. This is what I have come to call “The Messy Middle,” a term I first saw on a DIY home improvement blog, but quickly…
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Home Buying: Philosophies and Simplifying your Budget
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I’ve had this post rattling around in my head for weeks. As many of you know, we bought a house. We started looking in February, right around the time I was posting about Finance month. It became perfectly clear when I started looking at our budget that we would SAVE…
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December 16: The Love of a Father
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Day 16: Seeing glimpses of Gods love for us in the acts of others A couple of years ago, Father Rusty introduced me to the story of the Dick and Ricky Hoyt. They are a father and son team who have competed in Ironman together. The thing is, Ricky Hoyt…
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A Digital Daughter Returns Home: Published in Yale Reflections Magazine
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Oh my. I got the happiest, loveliest call from my good friend Kathleen of “Joy in the Chaos” yesterday. She was calling to say that she’d gotten the latest copy of YaleDivinity School’s “Reflections” magazine and had just read my article. We laughed, talked about Halloween, and laughed some more.…