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Finding Gratitude in a No-Good, Run-Down House

As I mentioned recently, I’ve moved three times in the span of 12 months, and it has taught me some lessons about the illusion of control I had with all of my stuff. But the last move into our current home has helped me think about gratitude in a new w …

Blessed in the Midst of a Meltdown

I had two breakdowns in the past week — the kind of breakdown that happens when you’re emotionally drained and trying to hold back tears because you are not in a private place, so you end up just kind of leaking tears until the dam bursts and you have …

5 Resolutions You Shouldn’t Make This Year

I’m a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. I prefer to call them “goals,” but let’s not split hairs. Whatever they’re called, I love them. Each January, I force a friend or two to sit down with me and dream, plan and prepare for the year ahead. I try to …

3 Reasons We Fake It on Social Media

Judging by the photos on their Instagram account, you would think that travel bloggers Jarryd and Alesha of Nomadasaurus live a charmed life. But recently they came clean, admitting that behind their brilliant smiles displayed in pictures of exotic pla …

Why Can’t We Take a Compliment?

I took an etiquette class several years ago in which the instructor told us that compliments must never be specific, because they already embarrass people as it is. The embarrassment only increases with the specificity of the compliment. This is not go …

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