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October is my birthday month, and with each passing year I like to take a moment to reflect on the previous year and set intentions for the coming year.    This year has been different, however, as I’ve been reflecting on who I was in the past, who I am presently, and who I want […]

Fall is here, and the older I get the more I appreciate this season.  We can learn so much from observing nature, and here are a couple of lessons I’m learning from Fall.   Death can be beautiful.  I know that sounds crazy, but hear me out.  Though we can clearly see a literal death […]

Powerfully Choosing to Recognize the Positives Powerfully Choosing to See the Positives   “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.”   If you had to read A Tale Of Two Cities in high school, then you probably instantly recognize this famous quote as the first line of the classic novel by Charles […]

Powerfully Choosing to Welcome Anxiety If you have tiny humans, you have likely seen the movie Inside Out 2 this summer, which playfully introduces additional emotions, such as anxiety for the main character, Riley, as she enters her teenage years.  To summarize, anxiety is frazzled, with lots of energy, always thinking ten steps ahead, striving for perfection, […]

Knowing when a Break is Needed I’m a Georgia girl at heart, born and bred.  I’m from a very small town called Adel.  It’s about forty miles north of the Florida-Georgia line.  It’s as country as country gets.  I’m talking about people driving around town in tractors and lawn-mowers country.  I haven’t lived there in […]

Stop Booing Yourself I recently signed up for Threads.  It’s a social media app owned by Meta and designed like Twitter, but without the toxicity.  It’s funny because the last thing I thought I’d ever do was sign up for another social media app, but I like it because I don’t have that many followers.  […]

Lessons Learned as the Marathon Continues Well, I did it.  One of the hardest, most painful experiences of my life. I completed a half-marathon.  I know there are a lot harder things people have to face in life, but this was big for me.  I have lots of memories, both good and bad from the […]

Powerfully Choosing to Navigate Pivots Life pivots.  We all have them.  They vary in size, degree, and magnitude.  How we respond to them is what sets us apart as GSDers.  We know they are coming because life always has pivots since things are ever changing.  We embrace them.  We see them for what they are.  […]

Powerfully Choosing to Manage Energy In a recent post, I was busting some GSD myths such as, GSDers are always doing or always taking action.  I transparently shared that I’m actively living this out in a new journey for myself.  I was pondering that as we powerfully choose to take action or not to take action, […]