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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.
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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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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Coach Reid’s Range: The Tale of 2 KC Stars
For most Americans (and the world, for that matter), this captured image is old news by now; but the leadership lesson modeled by Coach...
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Feb 16, 20245 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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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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Another NBA Gem: Music to My Ears
Rui Hachimura is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers. He was drafted into the NBA in 2019 and plays the...
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May 2, 20234 min read
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Gems from the NBA Playoffs. What?
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Failure Speech. The YouTube video: https://youtu.be/uZwlAzr44ys Even my husband has been stunned by how much...
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Apr 29, 20235 min read
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Why Build Such Short Fences?
So, we moved from Ohio, where we were born and raised and raised our 2 kids, to SW Colorado at the end of 2007. Ohio is not known for...
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Mar 16, 20235 min read
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Has She Had Work Done?
I’m expecting every woman who sees this title to click on this post-ha! Is it that this question represents the zeitgeist of our current...
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Feb 27, 20235 min read
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My box = Safe or stuck?
Many of you have had some exposure to the personality model of the Enneagram. As a Life Coach for over sixteen years, I have had training...
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Feb 15, 20234 min read
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