Fill your cup first
I was privileged to be featured as a guest on the Fill Your Cup First podcast, which "puts self-care where it belongs, at the top of your...
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Stick to the list
I write most blog posts in the morning. I'm fairly disciplined about it, and I haven't missed a Monday or Thursday post in 2 1/2 years,...
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Clarify expectations
"When do you need it?" These five words have been game-changing in my client interactions. Here's how my brain used to work when I'd...
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Be prepared
Many students here in PA head back to school today. Over the last few weeks several people have asked my kids and me countless times,...
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Take a break
We just returned from a 5-day getaway, first visiting family and friends in northeastern Ohio and then exploring Pittsburgh for the first...
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Find a buddy
Two weeks ago I posted on my personal Facebook page: Anyone looking for “getting up early” mutual accountability? I’m trying to fight my...
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Work backward
In January 2010, I had been in my Toastmasters club for about fifteen months and had given only five speeches during that time. I wanted...
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Plan ahead
For many families I know, particularly those with school-age children, May is a pretty intense month. Proms, concerts, games, field...
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Ease in
One strategy for children learning how to speak without stuttering is to ease in to what they're about to say, so they don't get hung up...
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Group similar tasks
Have you ever been in the middle of the grocery store when you realized you forgot something in the produce aisle? And then remembered...
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Immerse yourself
I was absorbed, mesmerized, transfixed. By the time the singer, the incomparable Liz Longley, came out for her encore, I felt renewed and...
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Prevent distractions
One of the biggest challenges facing most of us is lack of focus, due to constant interruptions from so many devices, notifications and...
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Put everything in its place
When you cook, particularly if you cook often, you likely don't get out one ingredient and put it in the pan, then get out another...
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Establish a streak
I really wanted to tell Alexa to snooze again, but then I would have ruined my streak. Today is the last day of January, and every...
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Design a strategy
Twenty years ago I was a first year teacher, renting my first apartment. I had to figure out a way to remember to pay my rent on the...
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Figure it out
I have a friend who changed her iPad password months ago to keep someone out, and immediately forgot that new password. She's been locked...
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Do what you want
Saturday I felt like the proverbial kid in a candy store. I was practically giddy! What was I so happy about? Going on a shopping spree?...
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Play to your strengths
If you are planning a special event, you probably don't want me on your team. I am disinterested in menu planning. A terrible cook. A...
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Reboot
It was an inevitable response. My computer would be doing something annoying or worrisome, and I would call over our de facto IT guy (the...
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Track it
My daughter just bought a planner for 2019. One of its neatest features is the opportunities it provides to measure progress. For each...
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