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Welcome to my blog: Perils and Pearls
My heart's desire in this endeavor is to offer support and encouragement to the hearts' of women. That you would feel accompanied - not alone - as we travel together and find the jewels in our sometimes perilous journeys.
Spanish Seasonings of a New Life Season
Can a dozen different orders of patatas bravas change your life? For sure the quest for the best has got me pondering the deep...
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Jun 37 min read
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A Valentine Message toWomen I Admire
A few years ago, I had a woman in my life, in her early forties, say to me, “I look to you to learn what it is to be a woman.” Wow, that...
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Feb 106 min read
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Making Room for Growth & New Life
Advent means an arrival or coming For this Christmas post, I just wanted to throw out something I have been pondering during this 2024...
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Dec 24, 20243 min read
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The Thrill of Adventure: Dirt, Water, and Scrapes Included!
The setting: Our (then) eight-year-old granddaughter and eleven-year-old grandson were visiting in July a few years ago. Our daughter and...
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Nov 14, 20247 min read
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Is Pain Amnesia a Thing?...I Forget
Many years ago, when a close friend stopped all contact with me for over a year (14 months, to be exact), I was in great pain. I could...
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Sep 9, 20245 min read
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The #1 Thing We Have in Common w/ Simone Biles & Novak Djokovic
Within the Enneagram personality structure of nine distinct Types, there are a handful of the numbers that tend to deal more with the...
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Aug 8, 20246 min read
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Scrabble as Therapy
May I do something a little different, and throw out a question at the begin of a post? Will you consider pondering this with me today?...
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Jul 11, 20245 min read
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Empathy's Darker Side: Emotional Monitoring
I sense my title may be evoking various versions of curiosity: What is emotional monitoring? How could empathy ever be bad or dark? I had...
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Jun 20, 20245 min read
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The Secret to Developing Endurance: The #1 Skill to Finishing Any Race
Read about developing endurance by practicing recovery while in the midst of an uphill challenge.
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May 22, 20244 min read
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Passion: My Education of the Word
I was around thirty years old when it hit me...With a smirk on my face, I said to myself: “The title to my life story is surely going to...
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Mar 25, 20248 min read
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The Power of an Arrow: Embracing Heart Change Without Cupid
We are into February (already!), probably reassessing the resolutions we made a month ago, and headed towards Valentine’s Day. So, I am...
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Feb 8, 20244 min read
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The Gift That No One Returns
Being in the last half of January, most of you are probably through the irritating return process from Christmas gift-giving. The process...
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Jan 23, 20245 min read
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Hope Rising - Who Couldn't Use Some?
Mmm...I love this photo I took several years ago while camping in one of our favorite Thanksgiving spots: McDowell Mountain Park outside...
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Jan 7, 20246 min read
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It's Our #1 Desire - and Fear
"We grow up wanting to be known but terrified that we will be." * That statement says it all: Our #1 desire – and fear – is being known....
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Oct 25, 20234 min read
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When Losing All Power is Powerful
We have been campers for decades. We progressed (or some diehard outdoorsies might say regressed), from being fine in a small thin (read:...
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Sep 29, 20235 min read
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ChatGPT & I agree: An Attitude of Gratitude
I would venture to say we all know someone whose life perspective tends towards the ‘cup is half-empty’ viewpoint. Maybe that even...
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Sep 14, 20236 min read
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It Was a River Rescue to Remember
Ahh...This photo, taken several years ago, looks to be an image of summertime bliss, of serenity, pleasure, relaxation. And it is all of...
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Aug 22, 20234 min read
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How Do Others Experience You & Me?
I can move back into this Geri-quake scene from several years ago in a moment’s recall: I was participating in my life coach cohort...
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Aug 16, 20234 min read
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A Top-Ten PTS: Sing My Way Through
A few posts ago, I shared an WSJ article about Personal Theme Songs (PTS). I have many; they change according to the season or situation...
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Aug 1, 20233 min read
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The Voices in My Head
I think we can all relate to having various voices in our heads – some with a positive message or perspective, and others that can have...
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Jul 20, 20234 min read
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