All About Me
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Dear Girlfriends, Do you ever feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders? Are you stressed out because there’s just not enough of you to go around? If so, you’ll be able to relate. It was a bit uncharacteristic of me, but a couple of weeks ago, I had a total meltdown. Yep – driving down the …

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You Might Be Over-Committed, if…
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Dear Girlfriends, Steve and I are serial re-modelers. We often finish a project (or sometimes an entire house) only to move immediately on to the next room, or even the next place of shelter, to provide a little TLC (Tender Loving Construction). Because our professions rarely afford us even a small glimpse of some tangible result from our daily toil …

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That One Nasty Voice – Getting the “Stuff” Out of Your Ears
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Dear Girlfriends, This is the last in our series on cutting the clutter. I hope, like me, you’ve thought about the physical and mental things that create undue stress: the stuff in your house that keeps you from relaxing; the stuff in your schedule that’s often not even your stuff but causes you to run late and procrastinate; and the …

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Competitive Obsessions – Getting the Stuff Out of Your Eyes
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Dear Girlfriends, Could the people you watch and measure yourself against be a source of clutter in your life? I think we have too much “stuff” in our eyes. When you watched the actors on the Golden Globes– what did you see? A woman with a fabulous frame in a gorgeous dress? Did you feel a bit frumpy lying on …

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The Four Seasons of Marriage, by Gary Chapman
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If you don’t have the time or interest to read this book, at least read the chapter on the Awesome Power of Empathetic Listening. Gary Chapman, the author of The Five Languages of Love, which has sold more than three million copies, has penned another fabulous book as to how to build and maintain a successful marriage. Regardless of what …

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