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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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