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By Noelle NelsonSep 26, 20251 topic

“Weight-Train” Your Brain

I have a new cell phone. I didn’t want a new cell phone; I was perfectly happy with my 2020 cell phone, but it wasn’t happy with me. Its connector charging port was ailing. Failing, actually, the service tech told me. And besides, it was an old phone, what did I expect? Old? This to a woman who is more than content, read “thrilled,” to wear outdated fashions just because she likes them. And would willingly keep computers way past their supposed “shelf life.” Sigh. OK, fine,

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonAug 25, 20251 topic

Declutter Your Heart

We speak of decluttering our spaces--our homes, garages, offices--but how often do we think of decluttering ourselves? As in letting go of outdated emotions, the guilts, fears, regrets that no longer serve us in any way? After all, isn’t that how you declutter your closet? You look over your outfits and discard clothes you haven’t worn in years, or that are so not-trendy you can barely stand to look at them, or which remind you of that awful fight you had with – well, never

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonJul 31, 20251 topic

Fall Seven Times! Really.

You would think that highly successful people, whatever their profession or occupation, are highly successful because, well, they know how to do something and keep on doing it correctly. But that is only a partial truth. Highly successful people do things correctly, yes, but more importantly, they follow the Japanese proverb, “Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” You see, no one ever gets it right every time, or maybe even the first or fiftieth time. That is irrelevant. W

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonJul 31, 20251 topic

Fall Seven Times! Really.

You would think that highly successful people, whatever their profession or occupation, are highly successful because, well, they know how to do something and keep on doing it correctly. But that is only a partial truth. Highly successful people do things correctly, yes, but more importantly, they follow the Japanese proverb, “Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” You see, no one ever gets it right every time, or maybe even the first or fiftieth time. That is irrelevant. W

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonJul 31, 20251 topic

Fall Seven Times! Really.

You would think that highly successful people, whatever their profession or occupation, are highly successful because, well, they know how to do something and keep on doing it correctly. But that is only a partial truth. Highly successful people do things correctly, yes, but more importantly, they follow the Japanese proverb, “Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” You see, no one ever gets it right every time, or maybe even the first or fiftieth time. That is irrelevant. W

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonMar 28, 20251 topic

SMILE! You’ll Live Longer

I don’t think my ballroom instructor/dance partner was conce ed with my longevity when he barked “You gotta smile!” at me as we practiced for an upcoming competition. I’m like “Really? Besides remembering my patterns, keeping my upper body lifted, my feet grounded, my legs long, my head up and my elbows wide, all of which are taking 100% of my effort and concentration, I gotta smile?” Apparently, yes. So fine, I will smile. But really, smiling is good for a lot more than dan

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonFeb 3, 20251 topic

Love Is Like Fairy Dust

You can sprinkle love anywhere! Anytime. Just like fairy dust. It’s not love as in “hugs and kisses,” as nice as those are, it’s love by a different description. Namely, “to delight in the presence of.” Nice, huh? You won’t find that definition in any dictionary. I heard it many years ago in a seminar and it hit home with me. I never forgot it. In this month of love, with Valentine’s Day as its pinnacle, what if you chose to sprinkle love (aka fairy dust) in the form of “del

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonNov 25, 20241 topic

Life Is Meant For Joy

With bills to pay, rent to cover, kids to corral, too much to do in too little time, especially with the Holidays upon us and all the extra stuff that needs tending, doing, paying for? Joy? Give it a rest. Well, I would, except joy is our basic nature. It’s what everything else we do is aiming for. Yes, money is nice, but why? For the joy it brings us in the form of comfort and/or giving to others. Success is grand, but why? For the joy of accomplishment, of expressing ourse

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Noelle NelsonOct 28, 20241 topic

Ho-Ho-Ho, the Joy of Saying “No”

Ah, the upcoming Holiday Season--starting with Thanksgiving and ramping up through Christmas, with no let-up until the beginning of the year. For those who are already tired from a year’s worth of work, kids, parents, chores, and everything else, the Holiday Season, despite the many joys it may bring, can feel simply exhausting. Overwhelming. Cringe-worthy. But what’s a body to do? Pull the covers over your head and hide in bed for the next two months? Probably not a good id

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonSep 27, 20241 topic

Label Yourself For The Good

The mind-body connection is real. It’s not just a cute phrase, the brain actually releases certain hormones and other chemicals in direct response to our thoughts: endorphins, for example, when we’re happy, cortisol when we’re stressed. These hormones and chemicals impact how we function, how we thrive – or don’t. This is why what we tell ourselves about ourselves is so very important. This, in turn, is why I was so impressed by what I read recently about Seun Adebiyi, who w

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonAug 26, 20241 topic

Be A Champion in Your Own Life

The Paris Olympics were superb. The opportunity to watch the very best of the best athletes at the top of their game was phenomenal. Yet as I was enjoying yet another spectacular gymnastic move or shot-put, I realized how much we can all learn from these amazing individuals. No, not how to be a gymnast or shot-putter necessarily, but how to be a Champion in our own lives. How to approach our lives with the qualities that make a Champion. What are those qualities? First a pa

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonJul 29, 20241 topic

Be Here, Now!

You’ve undoubtedly heard the phrase “Be here, now.” It’s a way to remind ourselves that life is lived in the present moment, and it’s well worth enjoying whatever we can in the present. But “Be here, now” is also a wonderful way to soothe ourselves when confronted by something anxiety-provoking or that upsets us. It’s not necessarily a solution or a cure-all, but it is a way to ground ourselves. For example, I’m driving along a Califo ia freeway during rush hour. No one is g

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonJul 1, 20241 topic

Be Your Own BFF

It doesn’t matter whether I’m having trouble learning a new dance step, stumped on a piece of writing that has an all-too-soon deadline or forgot to pick up the dry-cleaning, whatever, my immediate go-to is to diss myself. How could I be so stupid, inept, or unconscious that I find myself in this disheartening situation?! Then I mentally flagellate myself for a while, before I finally remember to ask “Why am I martyring myself over this? What purpose?” Zip. None. Nada. My se

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonMay 21, 20241 topic

Life Is Meant for Joy!

A woman is running on the treadmill next to me at the gym, moaning and complaining the whole time. How miserable she is at having to work out, how hard it is to get herself to the gym knowing she’s in for an hour of pain. How she’d rather do pretty much anything other than deal with exercise machines and lifting weights and making herself “do just one more.” Tired of hearing her litany of woes, I turned to her as I got off my treadmill and said “So don’t.” “Don’t what?” “Don

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonApr 29, 20241 topic

Quit Inflicting “BUT” on Yourself!

While I was waiting for my dance class to start, I watched an instructor patiently coach a couple through what was obviously one of their first lessons. The instructor was having them do a “box step,” which is what it sounds like. A “box” made with your feet. It consists of two parts, a forward half box and a backward half box. Each half box has three steps: a step forward or backward, a step to the side, and a step to close the feet together. The instructor was counting out

Primary topic: Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

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By Noelle NelsonMar 28, 20241 topic

Destress With a Green Break

Spring! Such a glorious time of year. Trees sprouting white and pink blossoms, tender new green leaves on bushes and plants, more sunlight, less gray. How delightful! If only one had time to get out there and enjoy it more. You know, as in away from your hunched-over-the-computer mode, using your legs to walk briskly, your nose to breathe clean air. Sigh. Not likely. And yet, just a little dose of nature has surprising benefits. We’ve known for quite a while that nature reju

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonMar 1, 20241 topic

UNTWIST YOUR KNICKERS!

“Don’t get your knickers in a twist” is one of my favorite sayings. To myself, sigh. Because frankly, I find myself too often getting my proverbial “knickers” all twisted up over something that’s just not that big a deal. My passionate hobby is dance. Ballroom, to be specific. The other day, I dropped down too quickly into a dance curtsey, whereupon my right knee went “Whoa! Don’t like this!!” As in “Ouch, owie, don’t do it again.” So of course, I didn’t. But then, here come

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonFeb 1, 20241 topic

Shift!

Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away--well, no, actually right here on Planet Earth, and not all that long ago, there was a thing called a “typewriter.” It was the precursor to our beloved computer keyboards and required no electrical energy, no wires, no plug-ins, nothing but your fingers pounding away. And there was a round key on that keyboard labeled “shift,” which a dear friend of mine made into a ring that she wears every day, to remind herself to “shift.” As in,

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonOct 28, 20231 topic

Finding The True Thanks of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is traditionally a time to give thanks. Most of us are pretty good at that. We can usually always find people and situations in life that inspire us to be grateful. Until certain relatives show up for Thanksgiving dinner. Or the supposed friends you wish you hadn’t invited but felt obliged to decide to come. Yup, those. You know, the ones who talk non-stop, or the ones who expect to be entertained, catered to, and generally treated like royalty while you run aro

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonOct 2, 20231 topic

The Things You Want Versus The Life You Want To Live

It’s a funny thing about life. Sometimes when you get the things you wanted – the sporty car, the big house, the bling – it turns out they interfere with the life that you wanted to live. Friends of mine, a couple, were all excited about moving to a new city. Their work was now all remote, so making a living wasn’t a problem, and the new city promised to be less expensive, yay! Their kids were grown, so schools weren’t an issue, freedom! Or so they thought. They bought a big

Primary topic: Guided Imagery and Visualization

Guided Imagery and Visualization

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By Noelle NelsonAug 31, 20231 topic

Get Picky With Your Thoughts!

Last week, I had a rather nasty disagreement with a colleague. Even though it got resolved – well, sort of – I found myself going over and over it in my mind. For days. Not a productive path to mental well-being, no way, no how. I realized, somewhere amid my internal grousing, that I was letting my thoughts run me, instead of doing the intelligent thing--choosing deliberately the thoughts I dwell on. Huh! How about that? I am pickier about the produce I select at the store t

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonJul 30, 20231 topic

Practice “Maximum Effectiveness”

Apart from writing, my dogs, and life generally, my great passion is Ballroom dancing. A totally off-the-wall pursuit, no doubt, but one that truly lights me up. In addition to my primary instructor and competition partner, I have the privilege of a second instructor, a lovely and talented woman, Sue.* Sue was sipping her coffee one day as I slipped on my dancing shoes, and dang! The aroma of her coffee was exceptional. I asked Sue where she got it, and she told me she alway

Primary topic: Change Management

Change Management

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By Noelle NelsonJun 30, 20231 topic

Focus On The Full Experience: You’ll Get There Faster

We rarely enjoy change, even when we want that change. We will usually find any excuse we can to avoid the necessary steps to whatever that change may be. For example, given that it is light so much earlier in the day, I’ve been attempting to get up earlier lately. Sigh. For me, getting up earlier is just not fun. Oh, it’s not about getting enough sleep, I do that just fine, it’s more that it’s so nice and snuggly under the covers, I’m not remotely motivated to emerge from a

Primary topic: Achievement

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By Noelle NelsonJun 1, 20231 topic

Let Purpose Get You Off the Hamster Wheel!

Some days it feels like life is one endless hamster wheel, where you go round and round and round in the same way day after day. You know the drill: chores-work-kids-chores-bed, rinse and repeat. Oh, sure, there’s the occasional crisis to change things up, maybe the occasional vacation or happy surprise, but mostly it’s chores-work-kids-chores-bed: what the French call “Metro, boulot, dodo” (metro, work, sleep). BORING! As in depressing. As in why get up in the morning? Ther

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonApr 28, 20231 topic

Self-Care: Lattes and Ice Cream. Really?

We are a quick-fix species, we humans. We want ‘it’ – whatever ‘it’ is – NOW! The money, the lover, the job, the car, the child to behave, the partner to behave (oops!), the boss to quit micro-managing: the list goes on and on. So too with self-care. Few of us think of what self-care really entails, so we grab whatever will make us feel better – NOW! Which is great, totally understandable, and works. Well, works short-term. That latte does calm you down (interesting paradoxi

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonFeb 27, 20231 topic

Going For Misery or Looking For Ease?

The Holidays are long over, New Year’s came and went, Super Bowl happened, Valentine’s Day is but a dim recollection, so what’s next? Ah yes, tax season . . . Let’s not all rejoice at the same time. Well, not me, anyway. As a self-employed, I now need to plow through all my receipts, sort them, and – you know the rest. And even if you’re not self-employed, you’ll still have stuff to deal with tax-wise. Which means that most of us find endless excuses to not deal with our tax

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonJan 31, 20231 topic

Drop it!!

I learned an amazing new technique from my massage therapist Tammy recently. No, not yet another way of ironing out my body ‘kinks,’ although she is pure genius when it comes to that. On the contrary, this had nothing to do with massage, and everything to do with life. Ready? Here goes. Observing her dog one day, Tammy realized the profound significance of a singular command: “Drop it.” Her cute pooch immediately dropped whatever forbidden thing said puppy held tightly in it

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonDec 28, 20221 topic

Who Will You Choose to Be In 2023?

The great thing about a New Year is we get to make a fresh start. The not-so-great thing about a New Year is we get to make a fresh start. Which we often abandon within a month or so. We then feel guilty or bad about ourselves for not being able to stick with whatever it was. But what if you took a different tack? What if, instead of – or in addition to – your usual New Year’s resolutions, you took a look at what of yourself you are bringing to this party called 2023? Not fo

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonNov 29, 20221 topic

Flip Holiday Stress Into Fun for You!

It seems the topic uppermost in so many of our minds at this time of year is stress. AKA Holiday stress. Too many gifts to buy, too little money. Too many cards to send out/email, gifts to wrap, people to visit – too little time. Too many relatives and others to be considerate of – too little patience. Too little of you to go around. You are spread too thin in too many ways, which means the Holidays are anything but fun. Time for a flip. Yup. Time to flip your internal switc

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonSep 29, 20221 topic

You’re Wrong!

Nobody likes to be told they are wrong. We all believe, in our hearts of hearts, that we are right, no matter how logically misguided we may be. So why do we so often voice an objection to something our partner, friend or co-worker says with an immediate: “You’re wrong!” Often followed up by, “So wrong.” And then wonder why they turn away in disgust or dismay, or launch into defensive mode that quickly degenerates into an argument. But what if, rather than assume they are wr

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonSep 1, 20221 topic

A Simple Way to Increase Your Happiness

As I stood in line waiting for a table last week, a couple of people were leaving the restaurant. One of them was complaining about the food, the few waiters, and how long it took to get their order. Meanwhile, the other person was saying: “Gosh, I don’t know. I liked the variety of the menu and the friendliness of the service. I didn’t pay attention to much of anything else.” Dang. Talk about a difference in perspective! It occurred to me that perspective is really what oft

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonJul 31, 20221 topic

It’s All About ‘Tude

I was having a pity party the day before a Ballroom Dance Competition. It was hot, I was tired, my legs were sore, we hadn’t rehearsed enough, I’d never remember all my steps, and on and on. I was being such a grump even my dogs were avoiding me. Fine. I can take a hint. I settled on the couch and looked through some good-feel websites, hoping to get myself in a better place. I did more than that. I found a sensational source of positive inspiration, in the person of Dr. Jos

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonJun 28, 20221 topic

Give Yourself a Nature Prescription

Amid the pandemic, when we were for the most part quarantined, urged to remain indoors as much as possible, I had an overwhelming urge to get out into nature. Living as I do in Southern Califo ia, I figured I could go find a beach and stare at the ocean for a bit without breaking any quarantine regulations. I loaded the dogs into the car, and off we went. I found a nice stretch of deserted beach and walked myself and my pups down as close to the ocean as we could without get

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonJun 1, 20221 topic

“Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.” - Richard Wilkins

A dear friend was lamenting the state of the world these days, and indeed, the wars, shootings, political and legal wrangles are disturbing to those who want peace and prosperity for all. In addition to the natural disasters which seem constant: fires, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes. And yet, and yet . . . For every negative media blast there is somewhere on the planet a positive situation or event. An Uber driver sacrificing his day’s work (which he dearly needed) to help

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonMay 2, 20221 topic

Finding Happiness, Living Your Joy

So often, it seems like the world presses against us, day in and day out. Work duties, family obligations, endless chores, finances, on and on. Who has time for anything as frivolous as deliberately “finding happiness”? Much less “living your joy.” Like, when? How? And why would it even matter when getting through the day in one piece seems like “joy” enough. It matters a lot. The science is unequivocal. Happy people are healthier. Happy people cope with stress better. Peopl

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonMar 29, 20221 topic

Everyone Has A Superpower – What’s Yours?

The ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound is hardly useful these days, given the wonders of CGI. And yes, invisibility might still be useful, but what if you forgot how to be visible again? Far better is to look inward for your superpower, not outward. To your truth, to what serves your life best, not to what others may think (or not think) of it. Mine is diligence. Dog with a bone. Tenacity. A commitment to doing the best I can, with what I’ve got, from where I a

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonMar 1, 20221 topic

You Got This!

My morning was supposed to be devoted to writing a report for one of the trial atto eys I consult for. The work takes concentration and focus, as my conclusions influence how the case is developed. It’s important, it matters, I need to do it well. But “life” was having none of it . . . The dogs barked at everything – leaves falling, squirrels romping, the neighbor’s construction project. My cell dinged repeatedly with texts that needed responses, emails marked “urgent” lande

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonDec 28, 20211 topic

Walk Past The Rabbit Hole Into A Stellar New Year

To say it’s been a strange year is an understatement. Even stranger than last year, because most of us expected that 2021 would see an end to the global pandemic and political unrest. Not! So here we are, still in the world-wide chaos of COVID and politics, wondering what new disaster will befall us in 2022. Yikes! But here’s the thing: what are we setting ourselves up for? If indeed, like attracts like, if what you think and feel brings more of the same to you, what are we

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonNov 24, 20211 topic

Reframe Problems as Projects: Brilliant!

I came across a quote recently by Alan Cohen I think is pure genius: “When you reframe problems as projects, they will cease to bother you and begin to stimulate you.” Pure genius for me, anyway, as it put my recent experience with a badly strained hamstring in perfect perspective. There I was, on the ballroom dance competition floor, in full “Country two-step” mode (yes, Country is part of ballroom dancing!), when my right foot slipped on the very slick floor, my right leg

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonJul 1, 20211 topic

What’s Right With This Picture?

Lunch at a restaurant! With a friend, live and in person! A restaurant with indoor seating, no masks required for the vaccinated. OMG, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. After the long year of home-cooking (not much variety there), take-out (fun from time to time, not all the time), and lusting in front of Food Network re-runs, the trip to the restaurant was more than a welcome event. It was Nirvana. As my friend and I lovingly perused the menu, comparison-shopping the p

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Noelle NelsonApr 27, 20211 topic

The Hope Of The World

It’s easy to wonder about the future of our nation, or even the world, when we observe younger people engaged with their devices 24/7, seemingly uninterested in anything but the latest “trending” or selfie. How will future generations thrive given what seems to many as their selfish attitude of entitlement, wanting all the perks and rewards without having to exert any particular effort, much less actual work? And yet . . .just this year, in the midst of the pandemic, a 26 ye

Primary topic: Charity, Nonprofits and Volunteering

Charity, Nonprofits and Volunteering

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By Noelle NelsonDec 28, 20201 topic

How Candice Bergen Changed My Life

In a recent interview, actress Candice Bergen spoke about how her beauty, and the way others react to it, challenged her self-development, as no one seemed to care much about what she thought or her opinions. They were too bedazzled by her face. I can relate. Candice was one year ahead of me at the all-girls high school we both attended, and believe me, even then her beauty “dazzled.” She was beautiful at an age where others were gawky, pimply, and graceless. She carried her

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonNov 25, 20201 topic

A Unique Holiday Gift – Cute Critter Viewing

Just when you thought things were going to get better, the pandemic surged, causing yet again a slew of restrictions right in time for the Holidays. No, really?! It feels like 2020 can’t find its joy, not even a tiny sparkle of happiness, nothing to light up the Holidays. No family get-togethers, endless Zoom encounters, restless/moody children and no weekend escapes somewhere maskless and free. Which leaves many of us depressed, lonely, getting crankier by the day, and wond

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonOct 28, 20201 topic

Decide or Slide

A friend of mine broke her upper arm recently. Considering she’s a massage therapist who’s been out of work on and off all year due to COVID, plus having a hastily re-organized virtual wedding as opposed to the long planned-for wedding of her dreams, along with the death of her beloved grandmother, this was just one more “yikes” she has had to deal with. She feels like she’s been tossed around like a rag doll by events. Nothing like the calm, ordered, happy life she’s experie

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonSep 28, 20201 topic

More Hope and Less Angst

My best friend and I had a vigorous discussion recently about the relative merits of process versus results. She was extolling the virtues of process and processing, and I was nattering on about “results, results, results.” Yet the obvious conclusion at the end of our conversation, was that both are necessary and valuable. Without process/processing, there is no valid result. Without a result in mind, process/processing is so much mental-meandering. Which got me thinking in

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonSep 2, 20201 topic

The Four-Letter Word That Kills

We all know that just as there are words which uplift and enthrall us, there are words which can hurt and demean us. But did you know that there is one four-letter word that actually kills?! No, it’s not that four-letter word, it’s the word “can’t.” The word “can’t” kills dreams, hopes, aspirations, opportunities, love – the list goes on. “Can’t” puts a stop, a halt, an immediate end to all effort, to all forward movement. “I can’t do that.” “I can’t go there.” “I can’t attr

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonAug 3, 20201 topic

Cool Your Jets

“To open or not to open, that is the question.” Shakespeare is probably rolling in his grave at my lamentable misuse of his famous “To be or not to be” but these days “To open or not to open” IS the question. And it is driving most of us absolutely crazy. It was one thing to engage our patience and try to make the best of our altered way of life during the first months of the pandemic, but it’s another now that we realize that the end is not in sight and that we don’t know h

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonAug 3, 20201 topic

Cool Your Jets

“To open or not to open, that is the question.” Shakespeare is probably rolling in his grave at my lamentable misuse of his famous “To be or not to be” but these days “To open or not to open” IS the question. And it is driving most of us absolutely crazy. It was one thing to engage our patience and try to make the best of our altered way of life during the first months of the pandemic, but it’s another now that we realize that the end is not in sight and that we don’t know h

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Noelle NelsonJun 30, 20201 topic

I'm Not Arguing. I'm Just Explaining That I'm Right

Given my work as a trial consultant, I typically spend a lot of time on airplanes and consequently, in airports (at least until the COVID-19 outbreak). I was in an airport somewhere in the Midwest when I saw a fellow traveler wearing a t-shirt with words that I found positively brilliant: “I’m not arguing. I’m just explaining that I’m right.” Oh, the home truth in that one! How many times have you found yourself in an argument, heated discussion, whatever you want to call it

Primary topic: Relationship Advice

Relationship Advice

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By Noelle NelsonMay 31, 20201 topic

What I Learned From The Inventor Of Zoom

If there’s one thing I noticed about our sheltering-in-place time, it’s that complaining did absolutely nothing about it. Zip. Nada. Complaining about the lack of work didn’t magically produce more work, ditto lack of income. Complaining about the ordeal – pardon me, challenge – of home-schooling (especially if more than one child was involved) didn’t make it less onerous. Complaining about the lack of TP didn’t make it grow on trees. In fact, all complaining did was annoy wh

Primary topic: Empowerment

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