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Jolie-Laide is a French term of affection that translates roughly as Pretty-Ugly and is used to describe something that is unconventionally beautiful.
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Our hurts often become our fears and then all too frequently our fears become our limits… if we let them, if we
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At its simplest level, “Showing Up Clean” means having an open mind. Easy words to say but the ability to calmly hear
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The amygdala, or AMY for short (from AMYgdala) is an almond-shaped cluster of nuclei located deep within the temporal lobes of your
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Elizabeth Gilbert (‘Eat, Pray, Love’) once said “You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.” I take her
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If we choose to speak disrespectfully of others (and remember we humans are a sensitive bunch); if we elect to gripe or
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Refusal skills are communication strategies and pre-rehearsed scripts that help you say no without feeling guilt or shame, particularly when under social
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Memento mori literally translates from the Latin as “remember death” or remember that we all die, that death is inevitable. Rather than
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Philoponia is a concept associated with the Stoics and its literal translation from the Latin is “a love of work”. But in
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Disconfirming evidence is anything that does NOT support our current belief system or reinforce our convictions about who we are or what
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Solvitur ambulando means “it is solved by walking” and refers to the way a good jaunt can clear the mind and sooth
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Excellence! Excellencism is a healthy alternative to perfectionism. Excellence is achievable, perfection is not. Perfectionism is control, excellence is flow. Perfectionism is