Author: Adriana
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From Scarcity to enough
Hello everyone and thank you for being here! Last month’s edition was centered around giving yourself permission to pause. This month I would like to gently explore a topic that many of us carry silently: scarcity. Not just the kind tied to money; although, that is a big one, but the kind that whispers ‘there’s… Read more
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Permission to Pause and Be Present
Hello everyone and thank you for being here! First and foremost, I wanted to thank everyone who reached out to me after reading last month’s edition. I shared a deeply personal story and the response I received truly filled my heart with gratitude. I believe that by sharing our truth and being vulnerable, it can… Read more
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Being Transparent
Introduction This is a personal story – my story about being the parent of a trans woman. My intention is to share a very real story about the evolution of acceptance. My hope is to impact others by humanizing a topic that headlines would tell us is controversial. This is not the first iteration of… Read more
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Sharing My Passion with You
Hello everyone and Happy (almost) Spring! I hope this finds you well. This month, I would like to dive into a topic that I have a lot of passion for and that is sometimes misunderstood. That topic is Meditation. What I have found is that meditation is either a mystery to some or a “buzzword”… Read more
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A Resolution Revolution
Hello and welcome to February! The month of January went far too fast, so I wish you all a belated Happy New Year! With a new year comes a clean slate, right? We make resolutions; we resolve to make improvements, to be better than last year, do more than the year before that, etcetera, etcetera.… Read more
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My Humble Holiday Confession
Hello and Happy December! This month I would like to take a look under the hood of the holiday season and examine the “not-so-Hallmark” truth that may typically go undiscussed. The reality is this time of year can stir a variety of emotions from overwhelm and stress to joy and connection. So, what is it… Read more
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Morals of a Story
Hello and Happy Thanksgiving week to those who celebrate. I appreciate you being here. This month I changed my mind on the topic more than once, hence the delayed delivery. Given the holiday of giving thanks, gratitude seemed to be an appropriate subject; however, I found myself rehashing overused terms and, as fond as I… Read more
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Four Lessons at Fifty
At the end of this month, I will be turning fifty! Being raised with a fear of aging, turning fifty has been something I have worked to embrace (obviously or I wouldn’t be writing this!). As time goes by, I have been reflecting on my life and working to bring my values into focus. The… Read more
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Putting Life in Perspective
Last month I wrote about change. Now, as the days get shorter, ironically, I find myself longing for things to just stay as they are; I like the longer days, the sun rising early, the warmer weather and the blue skies. The summer days are about to become a distant memory, and I find myself… Read more
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A Personal Story About Change
Happy August and happy back-to-school for those of you with school-aged children! It seems like summer just started and in the blink of an eye, it will be the holidays (I’m sure that invoked audible groaning for some of you). Regardless of our feelings about the changing seasons, they change anyway. Change is inevitable and… Read more