gratitude

Blogtalk: A Writer’s Attitude

December 5, 2012

We writers spend a lot of time and money learning about writing. We consume innumerable books, magazines, and blog posts. We attend classes and conferences and webinars. But, underneath all this activity, all this reaching to outside resources, we know that the most important method to becoming better writers is simple: practice, practice, practice. Yes, [...]

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31 Days of Gratitude Challenge

December 1, 2012

Join the Gratitude Revolution! Life can seem like a chaotic whirl of activity, particularly during the holidays, and it’s easy to get caught up in the worries and irritations of the moment. 31 Days of Gratitude encourages you to pause, take a breath, and acknowledge the things and people in your life for which you [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: A Time for Gratitude

November 20, 2012

As we in the U.S. gather together with our families to celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday, our thoughts turn to all the ways life is good, the loving people who surround us, and all the things we have and have access to that we have perhaps taken for granted the rest of the year. Most of [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: Nature Nurture

July 2, 2012
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On these hot summer days, keeping up with watering can seem a chore, another thing to do in an already busy day. That’s the track my train of thought headed today, when I heaved myself away from my computer desk and grumbled my way outdoors, hoping to get to the tomato plants before the sun [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: The Importance of Little Things

May 14, 2012
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For Mother’s Day this year, I traveled up the California coast to Fort Bragg to visit my second-oldest son (whose birthday it also happened to be) and family. We had a great time together: Among other things, we played cards and board games, meandered through the quaint town of Mendocino, took walks and played Frisbee [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: Body Gratitude

November 21, 2011
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Reading Purge: Rehab Diaries and interviewing author Nicole Johns last week has made me more aware of body image—a touchy subject for most of us, man or woman, boy or girl—and the many ways in which it affects us. How often I, for instance, look into a mirror and see only the unwanted bulges, bumps, [...]

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Writing Through Gratitude: The 31-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge

November 23, 2010
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This time of year is a great time to begin a gratitude journal. And since it takes at least three weeks to form a new habit, I’d like to challenge all of you would-be gratitude journal writers to a 31-day challenge. – The challenge is this: Each day, from December 1st through December 31st, write [...]

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