I’m so pleased to share Dena Taylor’s experience with the I Welcome Change Post-it Note Challenge. Dena inspires not only with her wicked fun wit, but also with the beauty and grace with which she handled her 2006 battle with cancer and is now supporting her mother’s cancer treatment. Watching her navigate the world of […]
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Recently the I Welcome Change Post-it Note Challenge was launched on Seeking Shama. The idea behind this is that by creating a Post-it Note Mantra welcoming a particular change into your life, you will start to be more mindful of moving in this direction. By seeing daily reminders of your Post-it Note Mantra stuck in […]
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Have you ever stopped to think how powerful your thoughts are? What if you could transform something about your life simply by mindfully inviting change into your life? I’ve done it. It works. All you need to begin is a pad of Post-it Notes. Background I first realized how unhappy I was with my life […]
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Over the past couple of years I’ve received a lot of e-mails from women (and some men) who are not happy with their lives. People who are hurting, who regret the choices they’ve made, people who feel stuck in an unfulfilled life. This letter goes out to all of them, women and men, and to […]
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One of the many gifts the road has sent my way is a friendship with an inspiring woman named Carlyn Shaw. We were introduced through an equally inspiring woman, Shanti, whom I met on my road trip in Boise, Idaho. Although Carlyn and I have yet to meet in person, through social media, e-mails and […]
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Driving back from the airport on Wednesday afternoon with hunger pains in my tummy, I decided to swing by HEB to stock my fridge with a few essentials. Now that I live in Texas, tostadas have become one of those essentials.  I found myself contemplating the shelves packed with different flavors: yellow corn, jalapeño, chili […]
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I’m sitting in my hotel room in Springfield, Missouri, finally finding time to write after some marathon days of driving. I love the road. I do some of my best thinking during long hours of driving in Princess Leia the Prius with Yoda the dog. What’s been on my mind the past few days is […]
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I received this holiday card from a dermatologist in Beverly Hills. It is wishing me much happiness during the holidays, and in order to help me obtain that happiness I’m being offered a menu of discounted happiness treatments. I can purchase fillers, Botox, mini face lifts and an array of other treatments I’ve never heard […]
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Last night I experienced my first Texas thunderstorm. I grew up with Wisconsin thunderstorms. Some of my favorite childhood memories involve sitting in the garage with my dad watching sheet after sheet of rain barrel down the street. We’d sit in folding chairs and listen to the thunder while watching the lightning brighten the sky. […]
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One year ago today I began my epic road trip. Little did I know my life would be changed forever. One year ago today I plastered a decade old Post-it Note to Princess’ dashboard with duct tape. The Post-it Note read “I Welcome Change.â€Â I stared at these words realizing I had been seeking change […]
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