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“When God is involved, anything can happen. Be open. Stay that way. God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken chords.” Chuck Swindoll In my head, there’s this idealized version of my life. Sort of like the website It’s Like They Know Us. But, in real […]

My *Sh….y First Draft Life

22 Nov, 2018 in 2018 Your History Your Scars / Uncategorized tagged # / #annelamott / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #mysh....yfirstdraftlife / #sfds / #showingup / #sorenkierkegaard / #yourhistoryyourscars / brenébrown / kinwomen / spirituality / women by Elaine Fraser

“When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for you to stand upon or you will be taught to […]

Learning to Fly

12 Oct, 2018 in 2018 The Unknown tagged #adventure / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #risk / #steppingintotheunknown / #theunknown / courage / kinwomen / no regrets / regrets / spirituality / unknown / women by Elaine Fraser

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” Pericles Earlier this year I went to a funeral and ever since I’ve been thinking about the significance of a person’s life. At a funeral, you see people whose lives have […]

Weave Your Life Into Others

11 Sep, 2018 in 2018 Finding Significance tagged #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #findingsignificance / #Pericles / #Weave Your Life Into Others / kinwomen / significance by Elaine Fraser

the way you speak of yourself the way you degrade yourself into smallness is abuse -self-harm Rupi Kaur We all make mistakes. That temptation we gave into. That lie we kept going. That mistake that makes us blush and leads to the head-drop of shame. Sometimes, we don’t know […]

Self-Compassion

14 Aug, 2018 in 2018 making mistakes tagged # / #12steps / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #gulit / #merciesareneweverymorning / #mistakes / #russsellbrand / #selfcompassion / #shame / kinwomen / spirituality / women by Elaine Fraser

Kinwomen — “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

20 Jul, 2018 in 2018 Your image tagged #authenticity / #bereal / #beyourself / #conversationsthatmatter / #donaldmiller / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #keepingitreal / #myimage / #real / #theveleveteenrabbit / #wearekin / #wearekinwomen / brenébrown / kinwomen / women by Elaine Fraser

Image by: NY Times Life is never perfect. We all live with some form of option B. This book is to help us all kick the shit out of it. Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg didn’t imagine her husband would die at age forty-seven. Dave Goldberg died suddenly while the couple was vacationing […]

Option B: Principles to Deal with Adversity by Elaine Fraser

1 Jun, 2018 in 2018 facing adversity tagged #adamgrant / #adversity / #conversationsthatmatter / #death / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #facingadversity / #grief / #livingwithgrief / #losingahusband / #optionb / #resilience / #sherylsnadberg / #widow / courage / joy / women by Elaine Fraser