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Pay Attention!

December 8, 2024 at 6:00 AM

Although my M.B.S.R.* class ended on November 19th, the lessons continue. In our final session, the instructor said, “Attention is a commodity,” and my brain said “AHA!”How many times have you told your kids, “Pay Attention!” or heard it from your parents?...

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What's lost when you PREvent?

November 24, 2024 at 6:00 AM

It is a fact that planners try to lessen the friction in their lives. This habit is rooted in the ability to think ahead to what may be needed now to make the future easier. Most of the time, I’m pretty nice to future Terri. I try to do things in the prese...

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Let it be...

October 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM

During our after-dinner review of the day, I told my taller half that the fundamental difference between us is that he accepts reality as it is – not always happily, as he does complain an awful lot about an awful lot. But he just complains, he doesn’t fig...

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The Tear Fest

September 29, 2024 at 5:00 AM

When I signed up for the Liz Gilbert/Suleika Jaouad writing seminar, I had a picture in my head of women in yoga clothes, chatting somewhat self-consciously while clutching their notebooks. I was just hoping to find a reason to write again.I hoped for a tr...

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Be the Microphone!

September 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM

It’s been a week since my class with Liz Gilbert at Kripalu, and I’m still digesting the lessons I learned (stay tuned). Watching her hold an audience spellbound reminded me of my first high school speaking gig in 2015. It was a learning experience with a ...

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Just hold space...

September 1, 2024 at 5:00 AM

I had an epiphany the other day while I was journaling, yes another one! When I began coaching teens in 2014, I had a lot of rules. In preparation for our calls, I created a list of tools I might use each session. I had bullet points of prompts, so our tim...

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Isn't that special?!

August 18, 2024 at 5:00 AM

Back in 2011 when I finished my life-coach certification, I received an email from the director of Master Coach training. She asked me to enter that years’ program. I just assumed it was sent to all the certified coaches and ignored it, since I was busy wr...

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Back to Ahhh-frica!

June 30, 2024 at 5:00 AM

The most common question I’m asked about our travels is, “What's the big deal with Africa?” My response is a snappy, “Because Africa is a really big deal!” Then things get dicey because Africa is wordless, so describing it is challenging. My intention...

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Traditional or Trailblazing? Yes, We Are.

May 14, 2021 at 5:00 AM

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I + A = NT

May 4, 2021 at 5:00 AM

During my life coaching certification with Dr. Martha Beck, best selling author and “O, the Oprah Magazine” contributor, I learned a tool that still gives me chills. When I shared it with my volleyball girls this week, there was at least one “Whoa!” in th...

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The Real Price of Dreams

April 11, 2021 at 5:00 AM

I need to dream. It’s the way I restore and rejuvenate my brain. In the olden days, I would dream about building a place for girls to learn and grow together. A place to form bonds that would make them stronger and more resilient. A haven to develop ways ...

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Grit Happens

March 20, 2021 at 5:00 AM

Grit Happens. I am stubborn-just ask my family-but it’s not such a bad thing. In fact, stubbornness is a blessing when you’re trying to learn a new skill, recover from a tragedy or live in a world that refuses to return to normal. Another word for stubbor...

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Good is still good enough!

March 8, 2021 at 6:00 AM

I have BIG plans for today-I’m organizing a closet. There are still boxes in there from when we moved in December-before-last. Just writing that sentence makes me cringe. You see, I am a reformed perfectionist. I changed my ways, because I couldn’t create...

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Patience

February 21, 2021 at 6:00 AM

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Imposter Syndrome

February 7, 2021 at 6:00 AM

Tell the Imposter Syndrome to Take a Hike!In all the corporate coaching I’ve done, the most interesting trait I’ve noticed in highly successful women is the Imposter Syndrome. You can call it a lack of self confidence, but it’s more than that. Successful ...

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Baby Steps (How do you eat an elephant?)

How Do You Eat An Elephant? We are in the middle of moving, and my inner neat freak has blown a gasket. I loathe chaos with the red hot intensity of a thousand suns, and moving is all chaos. However, I told you guys last blog that it was time for a New Y...

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New Year's Evolution

It’s a new year, y’all, and the resolutions are flying thick and fast, or not. My Inner Viking looooves a resolution. Write down a goal for the New Year and then steamroller everything in my life in the pursuit of that one goal—that’s the way to a better ...

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Holidaze

December 20, 2020 at 6:00 AM

Do you feel somnambulant during the holidays? Sort of like Mommy-zombie. Stumbling around with a TODO list pinned to your shirt, a frozen smile on your lips, and a murmured refrain of “Don’t forget the baby! Don’t forget to shower! Don’t forget the list!” ...

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Practice Confident Vulnerability

December 6, 2020 at 6:00 AM

When I talked with my volleyball girls this week, their go-to definition of vulnerability was a weakness, which is accurate if you’re engaged in warfare. However, in human interaction, vulnerability is a magical strength.It’s as simple as leaving behind y...

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Giving Thanks for 2020

November 22, 2020 at 6:00 AM

Give Thanks for 2020! Are you kidding me? You want me to give thanks for the biggest CACA-fest of the century? Yes, I do. Because it’s the time of year when we do just that, no matter what, and here’s why. There’s an old Sheryl Crow lyric that always play...

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Question Your Absolutes

November 8, 2020 at 6:00 AM

This week’s theme at Girl Power for Good is one that has caused me many hours lost in self-doubt—Question Your Absolutes! This is a tough topic for me, because I've spent most of my life as a black-and-white thinker. I only started changing during my ...

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Be Your Own Boss

October 25, 2020 at 5:00 AM

When dealing with female clients and friends, there is an underlying theme of waiting for permission to live life on your own terms. To this I say, “Poppycock!” If we wait for permission to live our life our way, we will be waiting a long time. It’s not a...

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Lack or Love Glasses?

October 11, 2020 at 5:00 AM

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Intention

September 27, 2020 at 4:00 AM

When I went through my Life Coach training in 2010, my teacher, Dr. Martha Beck (frequent “O, the Oprah Magazine” contributor and best-selling author), said a phrase that still guides me, “Intention plus Attention equals No Tension”. Last week, I ran my f...

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An Abundance of Lack

September 13, 2020 at 5:00 AM

COVID-19 has taken many things from us: loved ones, freedom of travel, going to the movies, parties at restaurants, parties at bars, pretty much all parties, and an ease of being in the world. The only abundance we have right now is an abundance of lack. ...

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Calm B-T-S Anxiety With 3 Easy Steps!

August 30, 2020 at 5:00 AM

In the middle of our new world of “nothing is certain” drops the ancestral stressor called Back-to-School—seriously? There are so many Back to School options: 1. wear a mask, don’t wear a mask? 2. In person school or home school? 3. Send a gallon of sanit...

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It's Cool To Be Kind!

August 16, 2020 at 5:00 AM

I spend a lot of time talking about kindness, because I believe it’s the antidote to most of the ills in our culture. It’s also the MOST important thing to teach your kids. Kindness first, and grit (a willingness to try your hardest, fail, and just keep t...

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Tame the Binge Monster

August 2, 2020 at 5:00 AM

This past Friday ended a quarantine brought on by an exposure to a positive person—remember when being positive was a good thing? Staying in my house should also be a good thing, as it’s lovely, but this time I felt trapped. When I feel trapped or anxious...

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Striving for Extraordinary Sucks!

Striving for Extraordinary Sucks!I was raised by wolves. That’s part of the title of my first book, Field Guide to Plugged-In Parenting...even if you were raised by wolves. My parents weren’t bad people, they were really cool, but they were terrible caret...

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What Keeps You From Freedom?

July 5, 2020 at 5:00 AM

I am pondering independence on this independence day weekend. What stops me from being free?1. Self-doubt: in all it’s insidious forms. The nagging voice that tells me I’m too old or irrelevant to help empower girls to make their best choices. The gremlin...

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Anxious Much?

June 21, 2020 at 5:00 AM

You’d be amazed at how much energy I put into planning for the perfect outcome. And more importantly how much of that energy is wasted. Take last week for instance. On my way to sign in our Grassroots players, College Blvd. was blocked by construction. I ...

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Good Things Take Time

June 7, 2020 at 5:00 AM

We are a society of quick fixes. We have fast food, grocery pick up, streaming shows on demand, and anything our little brains want can be shipped to our door in a matter of hours by Amazon. This is a thing in big cities, y’all. I ordered my Chicago daugh...

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Failure is a Fast Pass to Growth!

May 23, 2020 at 5:00 AM

Failure is a Fast Pass to Growth!Remember that movie, where the Boss says,”We have a ZERO tolerance for failure!” and we all thought, “That’s so impressive!” Well, we were wrong. If you aren’t failing, you aren’t trying hard enough. We cannot grow if we d...

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This Too Shall Pass

May 10, 2020 at 5:00 AM

In honor of Mother’s Day, I want to pay homage to my dearly departed Momma. I’ve written many blogs about her, as she was worthy of putting pen to page. She was a larger-than-life personality who took over every room she entered. She also sucked at nurtur...

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Why So Serious?

April 20, 2020 at 5:00 AM

I just hung up from a Zoom call with our 850 Elite coaches, and I’m still giggling! It was a respite from my new normal. I have been more than a little grumpy, as tales of gloom and doom swirl around my brain. I’m normally a ridiculously chirpy person. Jus...

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Welcome Back to the Fire Swamp!!

March 30, 2020 at 5:00 AM

Princess Bride is my favorite movie, hands down. It’s got love, hate, heroes, villains and the Fire Swamp, a place that feels a whole lot like our current situation. In the Fire Swamp there are serious threats (giant rats, lightning bolts and quicksand) th...

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Work With What You've Got

March 2, 2020 at 6:00 AM

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Combat the Blues with Compassion

February 17, 2020 at 6:00 AM

Twice a week I spend an hour in our volleyball gym to coach our players from age 11-18. We talk about what’s happening in their lives on and off the court, and mostly I listen to their wisdom. Every time I do this, I walk away with a new insight about bei...

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2020 is the Year of M.B.S

January 1, 2020 at 6:00 AM

Happy New Year! It was a little weird to have New Year’s Day on Wednesday, as I really like to start my resolutions on a Monday, am I right? So, what are your resolutions? Losing weight? Eating more kale? Finally organizing the garage? Flossing three times...

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Show and Tell

December 16, 2019 at 6:00 AM

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Be Your Own BFF

November 11, 2019 at 6:00 AM

When I walk through my volleyball gym, I hear a lot of talk about BFF’s, which, of course, stands for Best Friend Forever. These magical creatures rarely exist forever, yet having friends who support you for the long term is like building a house on a sol...

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Do you Have a Complex Complex?

October 27, 2019 at 5:00 AM

If you’re like me, you complicate things for the greater good, or so you think. If you are always striving for a better way to do something, forever nudging picture frames straight and smoothing imperfections, it may behoove you to ask why? Why in the mid...

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Go Play Outside!

September 24, 2019 at 5:00 AM

Last month I visited Montana for six glorious days. It was in the high 70s during the day and high 50s at night with a refreshing lack of humidity. After a steamy summer in Northwest Florida, I wanted to stay longer. I discovered I really like being outsi...

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Weeding Your Sisterhood Garden

September 3, 2019 at 12:00 PM

Weed Your SisterhoodLast time we talked about creating a sisterhood of supportive women who will help you reach your life goals. These are YOUR people. They might look, sound and act differently than the friend groups you see on television ads for tampons...

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Choose Your Sisterhood

August 25, 2019 at 5:00 AM

This month’s “O, the Oprah Magazine” is all about friendship. As it happens, this month begins a new Sisterhood campaign at Girl Power Station with a Bohemian Bunco Bash that was a ton of fun! The headline picture shows what our brand of fun looks like!

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Are you a Shark or a Rowboat?

July 21, 2019 at 5:00 AM

I am a shark. Not in my transactions, but in my motivational style. I am always moving forward. Always looking for the next puzzle to solve or opportunity to tackle. I rarely look back. However, this week, I am adopting the rowboat style of motivation-movi...

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Be Your Own Cheerleader

July 7, 2019 at 12:00 AM

The theme for this week is a piggy back on last week’s theme of “Advice for Your Younger Self”. By the way, if the messages on our Big Board are any indication, we all want our inner girl to be more relaxed, have more fun, and listen to our mothers! For th...

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You Are Wise Beyond Measure--Share It!

June 30, 2019 at 5:00 AM

This is a Blog Post I wrote in March of 2015--I'm taking a writing vacation while in Mexico...Olé!I ran across an intriguing meme and video for International Women's Day, where a woman wrote a letter to her younger self and encouraged us to do t...

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You Are Not Alone

June 23, 2019 at 5:00 AM

As women, we think we must take care of everyone in our lives and put ourselves last, right? Wrong. We actually have people to help us, if we will just ask.

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Perfectionism Is Far From Perfect

June 2, 2019 at 5:00 AM

I have BIG plans for today-I’m organizing a closet. There are still boxes in there from when we moved in December-before-last. Just writing that sentence makes me cringe. You see, I am a reformed perfectionist. I changed my ways, because I couldn’t create...

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Stopping Is Hard! Just Don't Start

May 22, 2019 at 6:00 PM

I’m trying to give up refined sugar, again. This has been a lifelong struggle for me, as I have used sugar as a comfort drug since I was a little girl. I remember going to the ice cream parlor with my dad and loading up on the mind numbing yumminess. It wa...

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Everyday is a winding road

April 8, 2019 at 12:00 AM

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Tradition-Ritual or Rut?

March 3, 2019 at 12:00 AM

In a world filled with uncertainty, there is a place of comfort--sacred ritual. No, I'm not talking about some Game of Thrones sacrifice. I mean a tradition that fills you with joy. Rituals are a way of stopping our busy lives long enough to celebrate who ...

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Gratitude is Everything

February 3, 2019 at 6:00 AM

On the other side of the gym at 850 Elite Volleyball, our motto is “Attitude is Everything!” When we say that, we don’t mean the kind of attitude you see on Dance Moms or any other reality television program that rewards people for dramatic behavior. Our a...

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Respond, Not React

January 27, 2019 at 6:00 AM

Without discernment, we revert to our base self, reacting to stimulus instead of responding. That reaction place can be dangerous. Reacting leads to nasty words we can’t take back, road rage incidents, saying “Yes” when we really mean “No” and photos or vi...

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Comfort Happens at the Edge of Your Comfort Zone

January 27, 2019 at 6:00 AM

I used to avoid discomfort like the plague. I used my organizational powers and life force to keep well within my comfort zone for years, planning every life event to a “t” in order to keep things safe and manageable. I felt that if I could control every o...

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What's Worth Your Time Today?

January 26, 2019 at 12:00 AM

Today I got out of bed at 3:45 a.m. I can hear you thinking, “For the love of God, why? Was Beyonce promising to teach you how to dance? Did Chris Hemsworth offer you a morning massage?” Nope. It’s Tuesday, and that means I get up early to set up for my 5 ...

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Stay In Your Own Lane and Cruise Smoothly!

January 13, 2019 at 6:00 AM

My college girl is amazing. I’m not playing favorites, all my girls are amazing. On the daily, my breath stops when I think how lucky I am. My girls are strong, smart, capable and move through life with dogged determination. So, why do I crumple like a che...

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The Compassionate No

January 6, 2019 at 12:00 AM

As women, we are used to saying "Yes." Our culture demands that of polite civilized women. If one of our family members needs help we say, "Yes." If a friend needs help, we say "I’ll be right there." I can get behind that. It's the "Yes" that comes from a ...

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Happy New Year

January 1, 2019 at 12:00 AM

It’s the beginning of a New Year, and resolutions are flying fast and thick. Are you looking hopefully at a new year and all its promise with the same old you staring back in the mirror? Does this make you want to just go back to bed and pull the cov...

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Create a New Holiday Tradition: Presence

December 23, 2018 at 12:00 AM

We know the commercial side of the holidays—it’s blasted at us from every conceivable portal: television, Facebook, Instagram, radio. We are bombarded with all the ways that presents affect the holidays. We focus our December, or October/November for the c...

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We've Got Alot!

December 16, 2018 at 12:00 AM

There’s an old Sheryl Crow lyric that always plays in my head during Thanksgiving, “It’s not having what you want, it’s wanting what you've got.” We are a culture of strivers. We are always striving for the newer gadget, the bigger house, the shinier car, ...

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Why Acceptance Doesn't Always Work

December 9, 2018 at 12:00 AM

Disappointment has plagued me all my life. I was raised in a household where the adults in charge rarely nurtured or even paid me much attention, as they were locked in mortal combat most of the time. As a tiny tot, I remember being disappointed—a lot. My ...

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Feeling Like You're Losing Your Ever Loving Mind?

December 2, 2018 at 12:00 AM

The theme for the next few weeks is Clarity is the KEY, to which you may respond, “Well, duh!” At face value, you know that clarity is important, but I believe it’s more than just important. I believe our right life, our destiny, if you will, requires a la...

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Get Your Story Straight!

December 2, 2018 at 12:00 AM

You know in the typical cop show when the suspects are separated before they can compare their stories? The reason they do that (other than it makes good drama) is that any individual story is only a version of the truth. I can hear your eyes rolling, but ...

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Love IS The Plan

November 25, 2018 at 12:00 AM

As women, we are all about a plan. I have TODO lists galore, and I’ve even retroactively written items on my list, just so I could have the pleasure of crossing them off (come on, you know you’ve done the same thing)! But does all that planning make us bet...

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Tell It To The Judge

November 18, 2018 at 12:00 AM

Most of us judge other people from time to time. For some of us, it’s from the time we wake up to the time we go to sleep. If you never judge other people, or yourself, stop reading immediately. For the other 98% of you, read on. Judgment crea...

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Stressin'

November 11, 2018 at 12:00 AM

“I am SO stressed!” That’s the battle cry for working women, which means ALL women, those who work outside the home for a paycheck, and those stay-at-home moms who work for jelly covered kisses. If our default is stress, then we block out anything el...

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Why So Blue Panda Bear? Try R.A.K.!

November 4, 2018 at 12:00 AM

Random acts of kindness are often as helpful for the giver as the receiver. I remember, not too long ago, when I was plagued with resistance and frustration. I tried to buy my way out of that stuck place, and I acquired a plethora of gorgeous shoes and han...

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So, You Aren't Perfect--Welcome To The Human Race!

October 28, 2018 at 12:00 AM

I am a reformed perfectionist. In my previous life, the worst, most dreaded result, whether personally or professionally, was a mistake. I would double check EVERYTHING multiple times to avoid mistakes. I would create elaborate backup plans in case of chan...

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The Summer of Self-Care Starts With You!

October 7, 2018 at 12:00 AM

If you are one of our treasured clients, you know that we are a little weird at Girl Power for Good Foundation. On the 850 Elite Volleyball side, we rarely talk about winning. We don’t care if we win or lose, it’s all about improving our fundamental skills...

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Keep Your Eye On The Why

September 9, 2018 at 12:00 AM

Have you ever wondered why we get into a deep blue funk from time to time? When you are in a deep blue funk, do you try to blame other people for putting you there? “Why can’t my husband respect me enough to pick up his nasty boxers and put them in the bas...

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Step Off The Gas!

September 2, 2018 at 12:00 AM

Our culture, and my Inner Viking, requires that we keep pushing to be successful. We think we must work harder, longer hours, lift more weights, run faster, struggle more, worry more, make more money, live in a bigger house, and my favorite, "push our kids...

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The Power of Sisterhood

July 2, 2018 at 12:00 AM

Last weekend I took a trip to South Florida to invest in Friendship. This is a relatively new concept for me, as I’m a pretty severe introvert. If you’re scoffing right now, I get it. I am really friendly, and I don’t mind being the focus of attention when...

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Perspective Can Be Shifty

June 3, 2018 at 12:00 AM

Perspective is a concept that fascinates me because of the way I process information. I'm naturally curious, which leads to ease, but my learned habit of permanence messes with that. I am a reformed control freak (do I hear a "ME, TOO!"), and that means my...

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Creature Feature

May 6, 2018 at 12:00 AM

I have been in volleyball gyms a lot lately. The last weekend in March was Big South, our biggest tournament of the season in Atlanta. It is a national qualifier, and our little 850 Elite Volleyball Club went up against the best clubs in the country--and o...

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Absolutes Are So 5 Minutes Ago!

March 4, 2018 at 12:00 AM

This week’s theme at Girl Power Station is Question Your Negative Absolutes! This is a tough topic for me, because I've spent most of my life as a black-and-white thinker. I only started changing during my Year of Things That Suck (Y.O.T.T.S.)—in one year ...

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