#authenticity

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“She knows who she is. She just forgot for a little while.” Donald Miller Every now and then, we should take some time to check in with ourselves, examine who we think we are. Figure out who we’ve become. Not the person others say we are, not the person we […]

Keeping it Real

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With dark raven paper and twinkling white ink, I wrote my heart in the night’s sky. Shannon L. Alder I know what it is to shut down. Shut off. Shut up. Shut out. Shut me away. Eighteen months ago, I found myself numbed, tired, and apathetic. I put myself to […]

Feel Every Spectrum of Emotion by Elaine Fraser

 in 2018 feeling deeply  tagged #authenticity / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #emotions / #feelingdeeply / #fullspectrumofemotions / #moments / #presentoverperfect / #rebeccaray / #risingstrong / #shaunaniequist / #shutdown / brenébrown / kinwomen / women by
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. Jane Howard    Denise watched the young mums in their ath-leisure wear. They had takeaway coffee cups in one hand and mobile phones in […]

My Tribe

 in 2017: Tribe  tagged #authenticity / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #tribe / children / conversation / friends / friendship / kin women / kinwomen / motherhood / mums / women by
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I am in my mid-life (just!). I am in the mid-life of my professional career. I have a poster in my office area at home which reads, ‘Say YES to Adventures’. I mention this poster because I can identify that it is not always easy saying ‘yes to adventures’ in our career, and […]

Mid-Life Professional Career Regrets & New Adventures

 in 2017 Jan: Adventure  tagged #adventure / #authenticity / authenticself / career / mid-life / mid-lifecareer / new year / newadventures / noregrets / professionalcareer / regrets by
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When you’re out at night and you need to walk back to your car alone it can be scary. I’ve often walked with my car key jammed between my fingers ready to hit someone if they jumped out at me. The sound of footsteps behind you can freak you out, […]

Walking Each Other Home

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