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My Experience of Coming Home After a Week of Intensive Therapy

I felt anxious when the staff gave us back our phones. We were going home tomorrow, but I wasn’t sure I was ready. Onsite’s Living Centered Workshop helped me unravel the twines […]

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Freedom of Choice

A good friend told me about a big check he is about to deposit. He’s a pro. He is a professional mercenary. He plays the game for money. He’s repeatedly […]

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Searching For Walter Mitty’s Slide #25

We found a new trail today. Dave looked it up on satellite view where he could trace the outline coming down the ridgeline. Our plan was hatched. Parking lot-10:30. We […]

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Let the World Know You Are There

I opened a letter my late grandparents wrote me August 6th, 1994 it read, “Congratulations: School may be over, but you never stop learning so go and let the world […]

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Reframing Your Story

We gave away free ice cream to one hundred of our friends, strangers, new neighbors, kids from school and construction workers. We setup two VW buses, one with adult beverages […]

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What Sucks the Life Out of You?

Fists were banging on the table while expletives were being used as verbs. It was late and everyone could feel the stress, worry, and anxiety in the room. I left […]

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Lessons I Learned From Mergers and Acquisitions

My wife was four months pregnant the first time I interviewed to keep my job. I turned up at 8 am for our Monday morning meeting and twenty of us […]

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Finding Neverland Again

I played with Peter Pan today. He showed me the inside track on the mountainside Frisbee golf course. Yesterday, I watched him bury live grasshoppers. I hope tomorrow he will […]

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Form an Alliance with Consistency

A lot of people talk a good game about consistency, but in reality they have a lot of false starts.  Why is it so difficult to consistently do the work that […]

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Career “Success” and Your Lonely Victory Party

When my friend turned thirty, he decided to interview older men about their life experiences, regrets and life-lessons garnered during the decade of the thirties. His hunch was that he might possibly […]

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