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    Getting My Life Back After Having Two Children

    February 23, 2016 / 3 Comments
    Henry turned five this past weekend. Tate will be three in July. 
    And just this week, I started to feel like myself again. Like my old self. My pre-baby self!
    This week I:
    • Talked to a good friend on the phone several times
    • Went running twice
    • Went to yoga
    • Started planning my summer Reflection & Rejuvenation Retreat
    • Started reading a book about healing my inner child
    It looks so pithy when I write it out in a bulleted list, but it feels huge! I feel like the past five years I’ve only been able to choose three of five things from this list: big work, family, sleep, exercise, creative endeavors,
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    Life Tune Up

    February 18, 2016 / No Comments
    I love this Facebook gem (thanks for sharing it, Jennie!). It provides some good food for thought.
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    My Addiction to Technology

    December 7, 2015 / No Comments
     
    This article about how easy it can be to become addicted to technology these days really resonated with me. The irony was that I came across the article while I was scrolling through Facebook. 
    There really is a lot of amazing stuff that comes into my life through Facebook. I don’t want to cut it out altogether. The trick, for me, is about moderation. I literally pick up my phone to fill up every spare moment I have. I’m waiting for Matt to get out of the shower so we can go to bed? Let me check Facebook. I’m getting a pedicure? Let me scroll through Facebook. I’m going
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