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The Last Clear Chance: What complex problems could we solve with a simple rule?
“Late again!” I glug down the last of my coffee and dash to my car. I have five minutes to get to my appointment and if traffic doesn’t play nice, I’ll be late. I turn onto the main thoroughfare from my neighborhood and pick up speed, determined to be on time. My foot is to the floor, but I’m not even at the speed limit yet, when another driver oozes out of a street right in front of me. I clearly have the right of way. I clearly am not...
Navigate Your Season Change with the 5 Ps: New FREE Master Class!
Season change is not for whiners! In 2019, our family had several dramatic changes with our kids: job losses, career changes, death of a spouse, and the diagnosis of a genetic disorder. These lead to lots of fears, loneliness, tears, therapy and change. There was no...
Modern Games: A Pastime with Value for Everyone!
Board Games as a Pastime with Angela and Christian Peterson When we are navigating a season change, we need pastimes, or hobbies, that help us pass time with pleasure. It distracts us from worry or grief, challenges our mind to think and strategize. It helps to keep...
Eight Essentials to Choose Your Personal Trainer
When you are navigating your season change, Physical Activity is the one element that can become a Pastime, a Project, be done with a Place (charity), or with your Person (or people!). There is so much promise in Physical Activity! But to avoid injury or to gain...
Two “I-Don’t-Have-Time-For-a-Project” Projects that will Make Your Head Spin with Delight!
Tell me: What is your biggest stress factor when you think about taking on a "Project?" When you feel a little down and you engage in one of the 5 Ps your Project takes your mind off worry and helps you navigate your season change with purpose and panache! What if you...
Learn to Navigate Your Season Change All the Way to Celebration with the 5Ps
I am so glad you stopped by the blog today! There is so much to tell you! Where do I start?? In 2019, our family had several dramatic changes with our kids: job losses, career changes, death of a spouse, and the diagnosis of a genetic disorder. These lead to lots of...
Planning Your Personal Comeback: Where Your Gym Shoes Meet the Road
How to Plan a Personal Comeback I interviewed Ann Marie Henry, a local Arizona Personal Trainer, who is accredited by the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and Tivity Silver Sneakers, a program for the "deconditioned" (or people who need a comeback). I asked her...
Your Pastime: What can you add to your already busy life that will turn your frown upside down?
You awaken the first day after: the first or last kid leaves the house retirement job loss separation or divorce a scary diagnosis a death You may feel awe and wonder, incredibly light after so much heaviness. Or the heaviness may still be with you. There are so many...
Is travel the first thing on your bucket list? Then read this first!
Road trips and cruise ships and tours, oh my! We awaken the first day of retirement with awe and wonder: What shall we do today? Where shall we go? What shall we do? Crickets. Neither of us knows what comes next. Create a bucket list I suggest we make a bucket...
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