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Category: Life Lessons

One Surprising Super-Skill that Will Help You Flourish in Life

June 29, 2022 sidewaz5 1 Comment

“Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.” – Thich Nhat Hanh The morning dawns grey…

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Posted in: Life Lessons, Mind/Body/Spiritual/Emotional Wellness Filed under: emotional health

How to Find Happiness in Your Job 

June 8, 2022 sidewaz5 Leave a comment

The first time I walked out on a job had much in common with the last. Disrespect, gossip, and apathy.

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Posted in: Life Lessons, Mind/Body/Spiritual/Emotional Wellness Filed under: happiness, myers-briggs, self-compassion, self-employment

Kitchen Table Moments

March 10, 2021 sidewaz5 Leave a comment

I drive my husband crazy. Well, probably not, he’s much more tolerant than I am, I should say I drive…

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Posted in: Life Lessons, Mind/Body/Spiritual/Emotional Wellness Filed under: acceptance, gratitude, grief

Explosions, New Life, and Forgiveness

July 30, 2020 sidewaz5 Leave a comment

By Diana Carson-Walker Originally published on Medium It’s a beautiful day in mid-May. Rare for the Pacific Northwest, and my…

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Posted in: Life Lessons, Mind/Body/Spiritual/Emotional Wellness Filed under: acceptance, aging, forgiveness, life lessons, mental health, self-forgiveness

Integration

July 31, 2018 sidewaz5 Leave a comment

For the past five years, this has been my obsession: become a professional actor living and working in London.  SPOILER…

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Shadow Boxing

December 14, 2015 sidewaz5 2 Comments

“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I…

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Casting Acorns

September 20, 2015 sidewaz5 2 Comments

Today, I gave a homeless man outside Costco some money. Little does he know, he has an oak tree to…

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Caught in the middle…

September 13, 2015 sidewaz5 2 Comments

The other day I had a dream. My daughters were younger, probably about 10-14. As was typical during our family…

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Lobbing it out there

September 7, 2015 sidewaz5 Leave a comment

For three years, I was in a girl’s fast-pitch softball league. One of the first things I learned was; don’t…

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Owning your art – making brave choices

August 30, 2015 sidewaz5 4 Comments

A few days ago, I had to answer the question: “Are you talented?” My first instinct was to answer, “I…

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