Word of the Year
How to Embody Your Word of the Year in 2025 with a Mission Statement
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great and wonderful holiday season and I just know that you're busy either making or starting out your new goals for the year. Well, I have one more thing to add to your list. My word …
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Who Cares, It Doesn't Matter Anyways
Wow, that sounds like giving up, doesn't it? But I am here to tell you that this is not only not about giving up, but it's one of the most powerful things you can say to yourself to get past anxiety and feelings of inad…
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Don't Let Perfectionism Stop You From Starting
I do not think of myself as a perfectionist. I'm really not. At least not most of the time. There are things I do, like cooking or building something, that I do not give two squats about if they're perfect or somewhat …
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Let Me Eat My Skinny Piece of Cake in Peace
Today I read an article by Aubrey Gordon, about how labeling your body as "average" is telling a fat person their body is peripheral. And I was confused, because she is not opposed to using the word "fat" (an…
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Stop Commenting on People's Bodies (and what to say instead)
"Wow, you look so great, did you lose weight?" I really hate hearing that. I've been fat since my middle to late twenties, and whenever I do lose weight, I hate hearing about it. I also when I haven't lost an…
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Strange and Unusual Anxiety Symptoms (and how to get back to calm)
I, like people who have it, have many types of anxiety. Mine grows and changes with the tides, and it wanes and relaxes with the seasons. I have had it since birth, as I think most people have who have severe anxiety. It walks…
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Simplicity 101: Why Be Organized (for Adults with ADHD)
Being organized is not about being perfect or being better. It's not about self-worth, either, even though most of us messy people do think that we'd be more worthy people if we'd just clean up the place . Perhaps y…
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Four Steps to Clean: Step Four--Reapply and Reassess
So you have decluttered, organized, and now you're maintaining your systems. But maybe you've noticed that some things just aren't working out the way you thought they would. Or maybe you've gotten a little bit …
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Four Steps to Clean: Step Three--Maintenance
It's not enough to clean the house, declutter it, and organize it. It needs to stay that way. Growing up, my Ladybug mother ( click here for Clutterbug styles --a ladybug is a person who loves visual simplicity, and present…
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