Tag: Intentional Living
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Stop Living for Likes: Embrace Real Life Moments
A few years ago, a phrase made the rounds among frustrated small business owners: “Everything is content. Everything is content. Don’t forget to film it. Don’t forget to film it.” That mindset has convinced an entire generation that every meal, vacation, family gathering, walk, coffee run, and sunset needs to be documented for an audience.…
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From Diagnosis to Action: Managing Fatty Liver Health
In June of 2023, I received a test result that stopped me in my tracks. The ultrasound report referenced a Metavir score of F4, which is associated with cirrhosis. If you have ever seen a word like that on your own medical report, you understand how quickly your mind moves. It does not ease into…
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Peace for the Overwhelmed: A Monday Reset After Resurrection
Yesterday was Easter, and today is Monday. The dishes are still in the sink, the emails are waiting, and the to-do list did not disappear simply because we paused to celebrate something sacred. And if you are in Ohio, it may even be snowing, which somehow feels fitting for a year that has already carried…
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Friday Flashback: When Hope Ends and Somehow Begins Again
Featuring Natasha Bedingfield — Soulmate There are songs that don’t just remind you of a time period. They remind you of who you were emotionally when you lived inside that season of life. Soulmate was that song for me. Around 2010, I listened to it constantly while an on-again, off-again relationship finally, definitively ended. And…
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Why ‘Vienna’ Encourages a Slower Pace in Life
There are songs that feel like they were written for adulthood, even if you first heard them much younger. “Vienna” is one of those. It waits for you. You don’t fully understand it at first, and then one day it quietly taps you on the shoulder and says, “You’re tired because you’ve been rushing.” Billy…
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Healing Through the New Year: A Personal Journey
It’s the last Monday of 2025, and what a roller coaster this year has been. I had posts planned. I had ideas lined up. And then life did what life sometimes does: it intervened in ways I wasn’t expecting. On Christmas Day, instead of soaking in rest and celebration, I checked into the hospital. I…
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Mastering Household Chaos: The CEO Approach
Do you ever wake up, look around your house, and think, How did it get this chaotic? The floors need attention again. The laundry never seems finished. The to-do list is so long that you do not even know where to begin, let alone how to manage your time and your household with intention. You…
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The Algorithm of Outrage: Not Every Headline Deserves Your Peace
We live in a time where outrage is currency. Social media feeds us headlines designed to spark emotion, arguments, and clicks. The more heated we get, the more the algorithm wins. But here’s the truth: not every headline deserves your peace. Parasocial Relationships and the Illusion of Intimacy With the rise of social media, we’ve…
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The Sacred Stillness of August
“The stillness of August isn’t laziness, it’s wisdom. A sacred pause before the world speeds up again.” Taylor Swift captures it perfectly in August: “August slipped away into a moment in time.” That’s what the month feels like—an ephemeral stretch of golden light, where time slows just enough for us to savor it. For us,…
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