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Starting Over

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Leah
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I started running many years ago. Let me re-phrase that: I started running on and off many years ago. I would start, build up to a good pace, then something would happen: sickness, fatigue, pregnancies, young kids, busy work schedule, … Continue reading →

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Finding Yourself

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Leah
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I have just finished reading two completely different, yet strangely complimentary books: Wanderlust by Elisabeth Eaves and Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center. Wanderlust is a story of a women who has an insatiable lust for travel and she spends … Continue reading →

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Motherhood and Gas

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Leah
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One of my best friends had her first baby one month ago. He is the cutest little guy. There is something about a newborn: how they smell, their tiny toes, how they stretch, the little squealing noises they make, and … Continue reading →

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The Thing About Goals…

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Leah
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One of the good things about my work as a Speech Language Pathologist, specializing in cognitive communcation, is that I do very real and functional things with my clients. We are working together on their lives – how to communicate … Continue reading →

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Acting in Life vs. Death

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Leah
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When my Dad passed away 8 years ago, there were a lot of people who attended his funeral. Hundreds I want to say, but it was a pretty big blur. The emotion of it all, giving a eulogy, worrying about … Continue reading →

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Busy People

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Leah
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One of my best girlfriends Andrea called me yesterday to rant about how she hates hearing how other people are so busy (and rant about other things in general as we so often do). I joined in the rant. It … Continue reading →

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The Stairs

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Leah
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“No way” was the thought running through my mind. We decided to do the famous “Walk of the Gods” – or at least the part that goes from Praiano to Positano. We got the hiking directions from the hotel – … Continue reading →

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Marriage

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Leah
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One second is all it takes for something to go wrong. All my clients woke up one morning, thinking it was just another ordinary day. They didn’t know that their lives were going to change forever. They didn’t know that … Continue reading →

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Emotional Bank Accounts

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Leah
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Over the past few weeks we had a couple of incidents with various kids – ok – ALL of the kids at one point and thought we’d explain the idea of “Emotional Bank Accounts”. I had read years ago Stephen … Continue reading →

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Making Connections

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Leah
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Today was a really good day. It was a good, inspiring day. A few months ago I was thinking how I wished I could connect some of my clients together so they can share their stories and make connections and … Continue reading →

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