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DEBRA OPENED UP MY EYES TO WHAT I REALLY WANTED OUT OF MY CAREER AND ULTIMATELY, MY LIFE AND FUTURE. SHE HELPED ME OVERCOME FEARS THAT PREVENTED ME FROM CONSIDERING OTHER POSSIBILITIES.
LESLEY BIDLAKE

6:00am in November

Four blocks from my home the elements conspire in perfection. As I walk along the firm grey sand, warm waves lap at my ankles, the sun warms my back and a breeze off the ocean hints of the heat to come. Bathed in the sun’s warmth I become a caramel apple. Rich brown sun taffy…

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Be Willing to Fail

When someone asks: “What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?”: Do you get inspired? Does your heart race as you think of the one great thing you’ll do immediately? Do you rush off and begin it? Do you dream of the wildly successful life you’ll have because you did that great thing,…

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A Love Story

Wednesday was like any other day, until it wasn’t. After my client call I got up to get a glass of water. He always followed me to the kitchen, but today he couldn’t get up. His back legs just wouldn’t work. I watched as he spun and fell on his face. I went to him…

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Love Soars. Fear Cages.

During my early morning walks, my heart delights at the marbled godwit dancing its breakfast tango with the ocean. I revel at the soaring wingspan of silent pelicans cresting the waves. The seagulls squaking make me laugh out loud.  I love seeing these air borne creatures and the different ways they kiss the sky.  They…

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How To Do Anything.

I use to believe there’s a right way of doing things and a wrong way. There are right ways to be and wrong ways. Right foods to eat, right thoughts to think, right beliefs to believe. And I mostly found myself getting it wrong. I’ve been a good student. I love to learn. The way…

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Increase your Capacity for Joy

It was one of those days when I woke up feeling fantastic. Nothing in my body hurt, my energy was good. I was grateful for so much in my life. The sun was shining, it was a beautiful day. Dolphins greeted me on my beach walk. Then my husband got some great news about a…

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Move from Certainty To Clarity

You want a life of passion, joy and peace, yet what you strive for so often is certainty.  It’s not unusual to want things to be certain. It’s based on a belief that life can be under your control. “If I do A and B I will achieve C.” This kind of linear, cause-and-effect thinking…

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It matters because it matters to You.

Have you ever made yourself thoroughly frustrated trying to convince someone about what really matters? In the early 90s I tried to explain to women, who really just wanted a flattering shade of lipstick and a good moisturizer, that slight rises in temperatures of the globe really mattered. I tried to advise parents to stay…

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When Not to be True To Your Word

You’ve heard it said, “You’re only as good as your word.” Being true to your word is great … except when it isn’t. Now I’m all for doing what you say you’re going to do, making vows and commitments and sticking to them, even when the going gets tough. Being true to your word is…

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How Much Is Enough?

Growing up I never got the concept of enough. As a toddler I’d stay up until the wee hours of the morning, out lasting many of the grown ups because I didn’t want to miss a thing. As a young adult I said YES to everything, was constantly over-booked, running from one project to the…

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