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104 - A Full Life Holds More Than What You Accomplish
Last week, I had almost no capacity.
I was tired. My body hurt more than usual. My walks were slower. I was dealing with brain fog, taking naps almost every day, and looking around at all of the things I had planned...
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103 - What This Season Has Been Teaching Me
August has always felt like a reset for me.
Maybe it is because I spent so many years associating August with the beginning of a new school year. Maybe it is because my birthday is in August. Either way, this month...
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102 - 30 Questions for 30 Years Together
Stephanie and I are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary.
Thirty years.
As we thought about how we wanted to mark this milestone, I had the idea of sitting down together with 30 questions designed to help us...
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101 - When you can’t think from scratch
This episode came from an experience I didn’t expect to become an episode at all.
I had planned to record for my usual Monday release, but by Sunday evening, I was exhausted. When Cliff asked what I wanted to talk...
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100 - When a Little Chaos Creates the Space You Need
One small idea can sometimes create a surprising amount of chaos.
A couple of weeks ago, I realized that switching the placement of my MacBook and monitor might make my Zoom setup work better. That simple thought...
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099 - Speak Your Spoken Worth
Yesterday was the Fourth of July, and Cliff and I had absolutely no plans.
That was our choice. We could have gone to the lake house with my in-laws, but this year we decided to stay home. Matthew is still in Japan,...
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098 - Discernment Is A Gift, Mind Reading Is A Burden
In this episode, I start with something light and fun: a TikTok trend about the top song from your graduation year supposedly revealing how your life is going.
Since I graduated in 1996, that song happened to be...
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097 - Updates From My Little Corner
In this episode, I’m sharing a simple life update from the past week.
Matthew has now been in Japan for a week, and he is absolutely loving it. He loves the peacefulness, the mountains, the food, the affordability,...
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096 - A Mom Moment, a Flight to Japan, and the Space to Become
In this episode, I’m sharing from a very tender mom place as Matthew leaves for Japan to study abroad for a month.
His trip has brought up memories of when he was two years old and I wondered if he might be delayed in...
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095 - It Doesn’t Have to Stay This Way
In this episode of Thriving Mosaic, I’m sharing some honest reflections from my week as I continue learning how I actually function in this new season of life. I talk about what I discovered through experimenting with...
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094 - Office Hours, Peace, and the Words We Speak
In this episode, I’m sharing what this past week has looked like as I continue stepping into a new rhythm for my life and work. I’ve been setting more intentional office hours, cleaning and reclaiming my physical...
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093 - The Next Chapter Begins
This week’s episode is a little bit of everything: travel recovery, grace, family updates, dogs who do not believe in sleeping in, and a very meaningful next step in my own life and work.
After our trip to Texas with...
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