Dear Beauty, Have children’s books ever clarified your thinking? I love the ones where a lesson is skillfully embedded into a simple story. Today I’m thinking of the beloved book, The Blind Men and the Elephant. You may remember, these six men each touched one part of the elephant and were completely confident that their limited […]
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Hello Earthly Woman, Recently, a friend sent me a wonderful prayer that has become a part of my daily meditation ritual. The prayer honors the feminine nature of God, something  lacking in the traditional Christian culture. It seems to me it is time to honor the feminine along with the masculine in every aspect of
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Hello Strong Woman! This week, I’ve been thinking about the benefits of knowing the backstory of strong and powerful women. The world can be a scary place, and hearing the stories of other women who have survived challenges, and then thrived, inspires me. I feel as if somehow we are walking hand in hand through the
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Happy New Year Lovely, Ready or not, January is here again and our journey into 2017 begins. Since my name is Jan (shortened from Janice many years ago because I always thought Janice sounded like somebody’s mother), I feel like everyone’s talking about me when they use this abbreviation. However Jan./January was actually named after
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Dear Gifted Woman, This is truly the Season of Giving. Our escalated motivation for giving might comes from the millions of twinkling lights we see around us, or memories evoked from hearing traditional holiday music, the gift of the Christ child, or maybe through Santa’s magical way of giving us what we want. No matter what is true for you, it’s a
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Dear Wise Woman, Today’s guest writer is someone I have admired for a long time. Carol and I were in the same cadre at Prairiewoods (a Franciscan Retreat Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) as we worked to get our masters degrees in servant-leadership. She’s is a retired bank examiner and now, among other hobbies, a
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Dear Single Woman, I’m writing because you told me you’re ready to check-out internet dating. Sounds like it’s time for companionship! This is not only my perspective but also the thoughts of others. First of all, I’m so happy you have taken the time to heal—at least somewhat—from the loss of your former relationship. No
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Dear beauty, It’s not every day I wake up to enjoy breakfast on the patio of a lovely hotel, and not every hotel is as lovely as Tempe Mission Palms. But hey, we’re celebrating my husband’s birthday, so he deserves to splurge a little. There are so many aspects of this property to love, yet this
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Dear Beauty, Today I’d like to introduce you to my new best friend whose name is MyFitnessPal©. Okay, so she’s not a real person and hardly replaces the many friends I’ve cherished over the years; but since this program is acting as my friend and coach, it’s fun to think about what she’d say to me if
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