All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me . . . You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing […]
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How could this happen to me? How could I develop an autoimmune disease at the age of 36? This was not supposed to happen. Not to someone in their 30s, not to someone who had dedicated their life
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I carried all my worldly belongings, in disheveled cardboard boxes, out to the car in the chilly Tahoe weather. Carting all your possessions out to the car when your relationship is on the rocks can be one of
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Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. – Desmond Tutu Over the last three years, I’ve journeyed through some of the most challenging and dark times in my life. Moments
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Surrender – what an amazingly powerful world. It often engenders the thought of weakness and cowardice. In my case, it required all the strength I had to be brave enough to follow the invisible into the unknown. –
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I have had the privilege of losing everything. – Byron Katie I was rich at one point in my life. I felt on top of the world and yet, emptier than ever. I was aware that I was
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I got divorced. There, I admit it. If you ask me why, I could give you a long-winded list of reasons and accusations that made my marriage irreparable – irreconcilable differences, if you will. But when all is
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Stuttering is speaking with involuntary repetition and is often known as stammering. While it sounds rather innocent and common, a person with a stutter has a much different experience than a normal person. For a normal person, a
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“When in doubt, choose change.” – Lily Leung It was the year everything changed. I gained over 30 pounds of fat. Crashed my first car. Got kicked out of college. Growing up, I was always athletic. Losing weight
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I have always been around health and fitness. I can still remember by Mother doing Jane Fonda’s audiotapes on the floor when I was in preschool. Jane and my Mom advanced to VHS and I joined her “going
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“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.” – Roger Crawford The hours move slowly when you’re confined to bedrest for most of the day . . . Not that I had a choice. It hurt
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