Like a lot of people, the last few weeks have been stressful and mentally exhausting. So when my alarm rang this morning to get me up for a dog walking gig in the still dark …
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Don’t Panic. Or, Panic, But Then Remember to Breathe and That Everything Will Be OK.
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Stuck on the Porch of Indecision
Do you ever feel like you can’t decide what you want to do next? Either you are uninspired and have no ideas, or you have too many ideas and that prospect overwhelms you? Yeah, the …
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Hire a Holiday Helper!
Do you ever want to wave a magic wand, and be ready for the holidays, without all the stress of decorating, wrapping, and shopping? I’m Angel the Elf, and I love all things Christmas! If …
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Counting My Blessings: How an Attitude of Gratitude Changed My Outlook on Life
About eight years ago, my friend Daniel private messaged me on Facebook after I’d posted a comment about some egregious thing New Jersey Transit had done that morning. He’s a spiritual sort of guy and …
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How Major Surgery and a Tough Breakup Led to the Best Year of My Life
A year ago today I was lying on an operating table, having an actual panic attack as four capable medical professionals were struggling to find a vein for an IV. I couldn’t catch my breath …
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Running Really Slowly… Again
My relationship with running has been weird. I, like Peter Sagal in the fantastic book The Incomplete Book of Running, started after I got divorced as a way to get fit and spend more time …
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Pink Hair, Don’t Care
After quite a bit of thought (we’re talking years) I decided to dye my hair pink this winter. And frankly, I’ve never felt more me. The color choice wasn’t super well-received by some friends and …
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Alone in the Tunnel of Love
Despite the goofy face in the pic, I’m pretty happy about it. I love love. I love being in love. And I have a lot of love to give. But if the past year of …
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Perfect Vacation Photos? No Way
All those famous Instagram girls have boyfriends contorting themselves into crazy poses to take impossibly perfect pictures, but I’ve got a teenager who happily lays on the ground to take goofy pics that are far …
