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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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