Hi there Angela,I opened up my garage door for her – the young woman who came by to possibly buy the futon I had for sale. She and her friend looked at it, sat in it, and said, “Yes, we’ll take it. It’s our first piece of furniture we’re buying and it’s perfect.”  I replied

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I’ve been camping with my mom since I was in the womb. It was her first camping experience EVER – pregnant with me sleeping on a hard foam mattress in the desert of Southern California (you can tell where I get my hardiness from). We’ve been nature lovers since and jump at the chance of

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Coming off the holidays, as you know, new year’s resolutions make headline news. But who really follows them? And why do we make them in the first place? For two reasons – one because we want to start the new year on the “right foot,” and two because somewhere inside, we’re punishing ourselves for the

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It was the day before I left for a two week trip to the desert for some spring time flowers and warmth – and the day of picking up my tax return – April 5, 2015. I parked in front of the office, the sun beaming into my car. I said to myself as I

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Having spent the last 2 weeks on the road with a purpose of finding my new home, I learned a few things. I learned what I like and what I don’t like. I learned what I can live with and what I can’t live without. It was an important trip. I also had an expectation

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The answer is… only if YOU think so. You’re the only one who is stopping it from happening. No one else. I hear people say, “I’m 40. I’ve been doing this job for 15 years. It’s what I know how to do.” Yet they are uninspired, stressed, bored, and even depressed with the THOUGHT of

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I know, it’s the holiday’s. You might be thinking, “Oh know, another talk about giving…!” Yes, I’m writing about it because it’s the holiday’s, but I’m also writing about it because it was the very first teaching of the Buddha whenever he taught. The very first one every time (of hundreds of teachings). It was

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You’re asked to dinner and you say you’ll get back to them… but you don’t. You know you need a new washing machine, but you put it off. You have 2 great opportunities, but you choose neither because you don’t want to make the “wrong” decision. You know you need a vacation, but you don’t

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When I decided to go full time into my business, it wasn’t a quick decision, or an easy decision. For years I waffled between the work I knew that was reliable income, and what my heart was pulling me toward (coaching and mentoring). I would teach another avalanche course, instruct another NOLS course, guide for

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There are many parts of my life I didn’t plan on or had something totally different in mind. I didn’t plan on having anxiety or a panic attack at age 32. I didn’t plan on it taking 8 years to know my purpose. I didn’t plan on getting sick for 2 years with a virus

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