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Do Your Dreams Ever Haunt You?
A few days ago, I had a very vivid dream that continues to haunt me. In it, I was lost in a very dangerous neighborhood in Philadelphia and apparently was trying to find my lost dog. The problem was that I could not remember her name. I asked all the strangers I bumped into if…
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An Option for Bringing in the New Year
As we all prepare to welcome in the new year, I thought about something that seems healthier than trying to come up with New Year’s resolutions, which so often quickly evaporate as we return to our old patterns. Have you heard the song “When I get weary and cannot sleep, I count my blessings instead…
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The Nature of Jealousy and How It Differs from Envy
The holidays are a time for giving and receiving gifts. It is also a time when children and even adults can experience both jealousy and envy. In the excellent book Your Child’s Self-Esteem, author Dorothy Corkille Briggs says that “trying to eliminate all jealousy is like trying to prevent a child’s ever catching the common…
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Early Birds vs. Night Owls: Who is Smarter?
As someone who had always been a night owl and recently has also become an early bird who needs a nap every day, I found this information to be interesting – and obviously there are differing opinions on the subject. According to an article written by Vivek Kumar, Aug 30, 2025 on the website Yahoo!Life: “We…
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Do You Know What Your Tears Can Tell You?
Being both an empath and someone who is sentimental, I cry easily and often. Not the sobby, boo-hoo-hoo type of crying, but more the kind where my eyes fill up and then tears roll down my face. I can cry at seeing puppies and kittens being rescued on a reels video or a movie where…
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Do You Know How Assumptions Can Ruin Relationships?
I have noticed that we live in a world where many of us, myself included, make assumptions that can then lead us to jump to conclusions. Based on these conclusions we may act in ways that turn out to be hurtful to others and can lead to rifts. Somehow we believe our assumptions are factual…
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Some Facts about Sleep that May Surprise You!
A friend and I were recently discussing the book Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari (copyright 2022) and were specifically enthralled by the research he shared in Chapter 3: “Cause Three: The Rise in Physical and Mental Exhaustion.” We both think this information needs…
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“My age is like my phone number – it’s unlisted.”
Let me start this blog by predicting that some readers may think I am being overly sensitive. That may be, but I am sharing something that is important to me. Have you seen the commercial where a woman says, “My age is like my phone number – it’s unlisted.” This is true for me, and…
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What’s Wrong with Saying “Practice Makes Perfect”?
I think most of us have heard the saying, “Practice makes perfect.” Many of us have said it, myself included. It sort of makes sense, but as I will share in this blog, not really. One of our LGI trainers shared with me something a participant in one of our workshops said (and I so wish…