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Never underestimate the influence you have on others. This yoga pose is called tree pose. Because we live on a farm, we travel the same route to school every morning. And for most of this term, I have noticed two children, a boy and a girl, who are awaiting their lifts to their school, practicing this…
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We have all heard the theory of nature vs nurture. Let me do a quick review for you The debate centers on the relative contributions of genetic inheritance (a.k.a nature) and environmental factors (a.k.a. nurture) to human development. Where nature is genetic and hereditary factors and nurture is environmental variables such as childhood experiences, how…
What is gratitude?
An article published in The Midlands Magazine, March 2022 “ Today I am grateful for ______ because_________”. Gratitude might be one of my favorite topics. And not just because of all the amazing benefits but because it is a tool for life that requires no special equipment or skills, it can be practiced anywhere, costs…
Six Habits to Creating a Work: Life Balance
We all know how demanding life can be, both at work and personally. And in truth, we will never have a perfect balance. Sometimes work will demand more attention from us and other times, our personal life will. And this is neither wrong nor bad necessarily. So, how do we make the most of it…
Accountability
Let’s talk accountability. What is accountability? It is said to be the state or quality of being accountable especially with regard to an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions. In other words, it is doing what you say you are going to do and when you don’t own it…
The Five Agreements – My Take on This Powerful Philosophy
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