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I can raise my hand as being that person for most of my life. About 20 years ago, I realized I was doing this in many places, but a striking example was when I was on vacation. Weeks before a trip, I would start packing all my favorite or best clothes and shoes—possibly items I only wore on special occasions. I wanted to feel and dress like the best version of myself on the trip. Something else I became aware of was the things I would buy while I was on vacation. As a kid on a family vacation to the Cape, I would search store after store for the right Billabong Surf-style t-shirt and the puka bead necklace. At Rehoboth Beach, it was the jingly hippie ankle bracelet. While in Nashville, I made my husband stop at every cowboy boot store on Broadway until I found just the right pair at the right price. And then there was the poncho I bought on a cruise. For days, I walked past it, deciding if I really loved it, and I thought I did. But once I came home, I never wore it. One memorable vacation purchase, as an 18-year-old, involved my sister’s best friend and me buying matching tie-dyed jumpers on a trip to the Cape. As a woman whose style would typically be described as classic, what was I searching for or hoping to feel like in this outfit? https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/88xi7ibjnpre5ay8rew160ysta88cy monthly 0.5 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1722261737336-GP53CQIHW6QXA5KP05Z7/Cacao+picture.jpg My Stories - Cacao: A Journey of Unexpected Transformation https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/fa61yuoc9fyx4t5mbtz2aov2o8vhtw monthly 0.5 2024-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1721143186849-JADBUNU15NZ2D9APOXHL/Human+Design+Blog+Photo.jpg My Stories - If You Like Astrology, You Are Going to Love Human Design Growing up, I never felt like I fit in anywhere. The people around me knew what they wanted to be when they grew up; they had skills like math or science, things they were good at, music, art, and theater. My high school class produced an epic comedian and a Rhodes scholar, for heaven’s sake. When I sat and tried to feel into or imagine what I wanted to do or be, there was nothing. Nothing I was good at, I was a great basketball player, but I was not going to go pro. In my teens and 20s, I would read my monthly horoscope in the back of Glamour magazine, the local newspaper, or even the TV Guide. Your astrological sign is based on the month, day, and year of your birth. My birth sign is Sagittarius, known for bluntness, or as I call it, open mouth, insert foot. Things can come out of my mouth that are not intended to hurt or offend but sometimes can or do. Sagittarians are always seeking knowledge, which I am, but they also tend to be gamblers and want to travel all the time. No poker for me, and I really like being at home. In looking to find out about me, my birth sign leaves much to be desired. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/uzhtyacxpes6ijh5b7fmufg5ixnbp0 monthly 0.5 2024-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1719926899197-K5MS5U21LZAMMIRIMDF8/IMG_6356.jpeg My Stories - Little Dog Problems Yesterday, we put down Cosmo, our 15+ year old Bichon Frise, whom we called Cozie or “little dog.” My daughter’s father gave Toria Cosmo when she was about 11 years old. Her father and I were divorced, so the plan was for Cozie to go back and forth between our homes with Toria. Everything seemed fine until, within weeks of bringing home this itty bitty puppy, my ex-husband’s black lab and he were left home alone. Best anyone could figure, the lab bit Cozie’s head, and we later found out that his jaw was broken. Guessing it was my week to have Toria and Cozie, I took care of him after the incident. Cozie seemed to be okay but was under my watchful eye. He slept with me, and sat on the bathroom floor whining nonstop while I showered two feet away from him. He whined and cried while eating, and though he was indeed high maintenance, something was very wrong. A trip to the vet and x-rays revealed that his jaw had been broken when the lab bit him, hence all the whining. Since I was working from home, his constant care was most easily handled by me. As you may be able to tell by my tone, full-time care of an injured puppy was not something I had planned for or readily embraced. Little Cozie was a challenge for me from the get-go. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/3aja5f5rfvbe5x23qlbfm14t0pxh9u monthly 0.5 2024-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1718715198900-M0D3O01JLI5KCBVGPYWQ/Lisa+Dugger+This+Weekend+I+was+a+Daughter.jpeg My Stories - This Weekend I Was A Daughter Daily I am a wife, a friend, and a neighbor. One to two days of the week, I am a mother and a grandmother. A couple of times a year, I am a sister and a daughter to my mother. Once a year, I get to be my father’s daughter. This weekend, my father came to stay with us for two nights, something that has happened once a year for the past 7 or 8 years, barring those COVID years. I really do not like the fact that we measure so many things by COVID. But I digress. My parents divorced when I was 18 years old. My mother moved out, and we lived with my dad. Let’s go back further than that. Growing up, I strived to please my dad and make him proud, seeking his approval in the things that I did — playing basketball, and running track — although I never seemed to be quite good enough. f you have a sibling, I am sure that you have asked your parents who their favorite was, and who they loved more. Parents always answered, "You are both my favorite, and I love you the same." Even though this, too, was my parents’ answer, I was always more like my dad and my sister like my mom. Whether he would admit it or not, I was my father’s favorite. At the same time, although he denies it to this day, I am pretty sure my dad wished I had been a boy. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/fjcyhfls33qtibh3riyht2u3762w83 monthly 0.5 2024-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1717592398986-UJPYJ6TDTCK4FLMEQUSO/Conceal+and+Carry+Photo.jpg My Stories - Empowered and Ready: My Story of Preparedness We have all had those moments, those experiences or seen something happen in front of us where we were faced with the choice of doing nothing and looking the other way or stepping in and facing the possible consequences. Thinking back in my life I have had more than my share of those opportunities. Look away, don’t step in when someone needs help. I have never been able to be that person. Even when friends, significant others, etc. have said, “Don’t get involved” or “Someone else can take care of that” or the worst for me loved ones who say “You have to keep your priorities straight.” Really?? https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/m8bgxcmc6dkpng208bne21gwgm3mhp monthly 0.5 2024-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1716984032055-O5Z3RXJOQJ70NHUNJ4RL/Lisa-dugger-nosy-or-just-curious.jpg My Stories - Nosy or Just Curious. I’m no Gladys Kravitz Lately I have been thinking about how curious I am, and I started to think back to when I was younger and noticed, this is nothing new, I have always been very curious. These days my curiosity shows up in how I look at people, are they in a good mood or a bad mood. If a neighbor’s car is gone for a few days, if their work schedule has changed and their car is gone at a different time or the outside lights are on a different schedule, I notice. The list of things goes I notice goes on and on. Growing up my curiosity was a little more covert. When we would visit my parents’ friends and I had to use the bathroom, while I was in there I would go through their medicine cabinet. If I was left home alone, I was going through the drawers in my parents’ bedroom. One time I even remember poking around in my grandmothers’ bedroom, when everyone else was out on the back porch, she had the nicest shoes that I wanted to try on, and I had never been in her bathroom. It feels to me like I was and still am just curious as to how everyone’s lives and home are different than mine or ours. As I started doing my research for this blog post I started to wonder, was I nosey or just plain curious? (Nosy feels like a harsh verb.) Just to be sure I took 3 “see if you are nosy” quizzes online fortunately the results came back and all three said “No I was not nosy,” just curious!! Wow that was sort of a relief! https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/cojidrqcxgqo5kpjt9e8rja10wqkte monthly 0.5 2024-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1716233644926-EVD7KQMDWEBHCYWG8IDI/mindfulness+photo.jpg My Stories - Mindfulness Is The Tool In the last speech I gave for Toastmasters I shared about a visit from “Old Lisa.” The reactive, impatient version of Lisa, who I used to be. One of the pieces of feedback I received on my speech was that I should share 3 or so of the tools that helped me become a better version of me. As I was writing the last speech, I considered that, and the fact that the tools became their own 6 minute speech/blog post is perhaps why I did not cover them in my last speech/blog. The answer to Jeff’s question is mindfulness. Psychology Today’s definition of mindfulness is a state of active, open attention to the present. This state is described as observing one’s thoughts and feelings without judging them as good or bad. For me mindfulness boils down to three things that I try to be aware of and practice every day. Presence Meditation My breath https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/el6kx9wn361tmxrk4g86izjznufjj8 monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1714741750308-X6GXJO6WZBC6SFHPPYL0/rock_climbing_up_a_treacherous_mountain_--ar_169_7e538d27-f432-49e6-8d7e-52aad55327b7_1.png My Stories - We Had A Visit From Old Lisa These days I am even keeled, easy to get along with and patient. I have worked hard to cultivate a better version of myself. This is not who I have always been. As you may know I was born in NJ and lived most of my life in CT, so if I told you that once upon a time, I had an East Coast Attitude you probably would not be surprised? When I googled “East Coast Attitude” https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/a1qlnvp0itqedfvzb8cntxpykzphoi monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1713271157824-K7IX6G4MBR9S0ATJQ499/Writing+a+Book+Typewriter.jpg My Stories - Driven: Life Lessons from the Used Car Lot Someday, I am going to write a book, and the title may be “Everything I needed to know about life I learned in the car business,” or it may be the title above that ChatGPT supplied! My life until taking over the car business was filled with personal growth and emotional learning, sort of life’s way of preparing me for what was to come. The first several years there were so many things to learn and understand that I was exhausted at the end of most days. As fast as I was implementing my knowledge and learning how to handle the challenges of buy here pay here, it threw brand new situations at me. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/gcny2loqatnahokthckccxi76z0zx1 monthly 0.5 2024-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1712768503651-K5NJJF7OS4KFEYM3SBU6/Ray+Bans.jpg My Stories - Imitation is the greatest form of flattery Last weekend my friend who typically sports red and black clothing showed up to our meeting clad in a tan and beige cheetah print shirt, tan pants and a tan, fur trimmed cloak. To top it all off this woman who prides herself on her trendy glasses was wearing the ever-classic Aviator sunglasses. None of this seemed noteworthy until she asked, “do you subscribe to the school of thought that imitation is the greatest form of flattery?” If you know me, a few years ago I went to wearing mostly tan or beige tops, jackets, sweaters, and Aviators are my absolute signature look!! https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/5ulw6vfp10zkm2y274pjrigyqfdxdy monthly 0.5 2024-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1712148575926-0DJ1HL0KVJFNLNNPH0XK/Paper+Planner.jpg My Stories - From Filofax to Full Focus: My Organizational Evolution Ever since I began working in an office, I have maintained an organizational system, whether it was paper or electronic. The first was the “OG” the Filofax, at some point I transitioned to the 3x5 card method, where I had the cards clipped to my belt and with me all the time, just in case I needed to whip one out and jot down a thought or task. Then came the electronic Franklin Planner. The trickiest thing with that one was that you could not expose it to anything with a magnetic field, or POOF, all your data was gone. Later on, came the Palm Pilot, the Handspring Visor – I loved them all. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/fgkjqo71gs6rshx0h66d0yghlak4e5 monthly 0.5 2024-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1711544200537-DP6ERYQGJIHYYB99NZYU/Sister+Wound.jpg My Stories - Breaking the Cycle: Healing the Sister Wound for Personal Growth The Sister Wound—yes, it warrants capital letters, and I bet that 50% of you know what this means and may even resonate with the concept, while the other 50% have no idea what I mean, and it does not resonate at all. This is because while we are all similar, the experiences we are having in this lifetime are each very different. To help, let’s start with a quick definition from The Medium Website: “…the sister wound is the pain, distrust, or dis-ease that many women feel when relating to other women. Jealousy, insecurity, cattiness, comparison, fear—these are all ways that the sister wound manifests itself in relationships with other women. Instead of viewing the other woman as a sister, we see her as an enemy, competition, or source of harm.” Growing up, I would have said that my mother loved my middle sister (Krayl) more than me; she was her “favorite.” Then, when my youngest sister (Shannon) came along when I was 18, it felt like Shannon was being raised by a parent I had not even met. Shannon got to ride the pony at Sears, get things out of the gumball machines at the grocery store, and mom would buy her things she wanted. Me? No gumballs and no pony… These “wounds” exist between me and my actual sisters. The Sister Wound touches us in our interactions and experiences with women at large, and it has been a theme that has shown up again and again over the course of my lifetime. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/myqfs2bu64rbvaayh96omi3wt352q5 monthly 0.5 2024-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1710766641230-TI9S847LFMUZIE0M6X8X/Thank+you+Scrabble.jpg My Stories - Shifting Mindsets: From Compliment Deflection to Gracious Acceptance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/srkg1s17b63cskv6y5b5qduqrh46t8 monthly 0.5 2024-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1710165733617-ZQOJ4AA3P2TP5M1ABCEC/Pointing+her+finger.png My Stories - Taking Ownership: From Victimhood to Accountability When my parents separated, I was about 16 years old. Later, my dad would marry someone who had not been married before or had children and preferred to pretend that my sister and I did not exist. We were no longer welcome in our own home. For many years after leaving home, every time something happened in my life that made me sad, it became my parents’ fault. If they had not gotten divorced, I would not have to be living on my own, paying my own rent, dealing with life’s inconveniences. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/43pcxyq5bh7pmqxcj8aqv36b03tdub monthly 0.5 2024-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1709391223525-G4F66V8PZDE11D9VP5AJ/Mcdonalds+change.png My Stories - Change: A Constant Companion on Life's Journey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/6bjcj326812qcj4sby681jv7mcb73w monthly 0.5 2024-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/256090b6-8b9d-4e26-a2e4-2ef2855fdbb0/Lisa+and+Glenn.png My Stories - Journey of Intent: A Weekend Tale This weekend, Glenn and I are staying in a beautiful Airbnb located in Lafayette, TN. We traveled to visit Glenn’s daughter, her husband, and their 3 children. This date was carefully chosen so that we would be able to watch our granddaughter, Kamdyn, who is 8 years old, play her last basketball game of the regular season. We intended to spend the rest of the visit building a basic tree swing out of wood and rope, flying kites, and just hanging around their home doing grandparent things. Back at our home base, I have been working on tiling the entryway to our home. Mind you, this is my first attempt at tiling anything. The ongoing challenge of keeping our dogs off the project site is very frustrating to me, stopping the tiling to let them in and out of a side door 8 times a day. This was a very good time for me to get away from everything that I have gotten myself into at home lately. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/xvuwmffpwkep7gqihl79nb0vhkrr5l monthly 0.5 2024-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1707920321061-GN5V8FLXM8926Y0GXQCK/bernie-almanzar-eFcRlQm9kI4-unsplash.jpg My Stories - Crafting Capabilities: Exploring DIY on My Terms My writing, I have found, is often my way of exploring or working through something that is happening in my life. The origin of this post was about 2 weeks ago as I was headed to pick out a bathroom vanity. After doing lots of online research, and visiting a Home Depot store, which honestly left me feeling like I would never be able to afford what I wanted in a vanity, I came across Columbus Liquidators and they seemed to have higher-quality vanities than I was finding online. As a liquidation store, their inventory changes from moment to moment, so I really had no idea what I would find when I arrived. As I was headed to the store, I was inspired to film a video. As I started to film the words and feelings just fell out. I was feeling empowered to be going to the store alone, I had not asked my husband to go, did I really need anyone else’s input when picking out a vanity? Would I pick the right one? And what also came up was “Should a man be doing this?” These were my thoughts just coming out of my mouth, not things I was aware that I was feeling. Maybe, sometimes I would like to have someone to bounce the ideas off. And sometimes I don’t want or need anyone else’s opinion at all. As I drove to CL, I was thinking about all these things. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/pgk03wp6w4xjtso3fn846f61ltiuwi monthly 0.5 2024-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1707226734546-WDEOJ3NJKON08HT8JYBZ/Scrabble+Letters.jpg My Stories - Why Do We Feel the Need To Use So Many Words? How many times have you had the experience of telling a boss you quit a job, needing to cancel a commitment, end a relationship, or let an employee go? There is a difficult and/or necessary conversation to be had. Leading up to the actual moment we start to play the conversation in your heads. If you are like most people, instead of just saying what needs to be said the conversation just becomes longer and longer. We try to justify, to explain why this must happen. The reality is these conversations are best kept “short and sweet.” This was not always how I saw it. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/jgpv88rbb23ko4y65akp1s1i4xfvh5 monthly 0.5 2024-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1706542456283-4UDOZ2CHCOK1S554DH8A/pexels-liza-summer-6382633.jpg My Stories - The Job From Hell In 1991, at the age of 22, I moved from Stamford CT to Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly after that, I landed a position as the executive assistant to the CFO of The United States Playing Card Company (USPC), David Sommerkamp. This position handled payroll for all hourly employees (handling other people’s money is still the most stressful thing to me)and interacted with everyone in the company from production to the art department. USPC was a big company but small enough for everyone to feel like family. After working there for 6 or so years I decided I wanted to do something more than being an assistant. With my boss’ blessing, I applied for a sales position within the company. Sadly, they were dismissive of me moving into a sales role, but I was making a move. USPC’s insurance was handled by a Cincinnati-based agency and their President (let’s call him Mike) made frequent visits to my boss’ office. Mike and I would chat about work and life, we got along well, and I respected him. Unbeknownst to me, my boss and Mike must have discussed the idea of me leaving USPC and going to work for Mike. The two of them approached me about a position at the insurance agency. Mike wanted me to be the assistant to the CFO, training under her to take the CFO position someday. This would be a step up, the salary was nice, and I would have healthcare. The things I considered when taking a job back them. Leaving USPC was a lot harder than I thought it would ever be and my last day was filled with so many tears as I made the move from executive assistant to CFO in training at the agency. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/0u4qj2u03tgy60zc4cjyrj6j7i9mvu monthly 0.5 2024-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1704809303829-TY805DA81X9S3F6US3GO/Old+homes.jpg My Stories - My Connection to The Past  Yesterday, my friend Marla, who is also my real estate agent, and I visited a home that I knew I was not going to buy but wanted to visit, nonetheless. After viewing the pictures online, I felt myself being drawn to the house in a major and somewhat inexplicable way. Although it checks many boxes for us, it is brick, has 2 fireplaces, tons of windows and large rooms, this lovely house, built in 1937, only has one-bathroom, major issue. Also, it has what looks to be a gutter drainage issue, the foundation is in poor condition and there is a lot of deterioration due to the moisture. It is a no, still I had to see it in person. Marla was ready and willing to show it to me. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/igvj8csvjcwuyw8sdjx1v4803i7h2z monthly 0.5 2023-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/65ca8015-36e8-46d7-9bcb-c39638cfb08a/Head+In+the+Clouds.jpg My Stories - No News Is Good News – Well Almost None At some point in 2022 I decided that I was done watching and listening to the TV/radio news completely. For several years prior I had been shown signs that I should stop watching and/or listening to the news but I guess I just was not ready to make the change. The first person who I discovered, who did not watch much tv let alone the news, was my life coach Melissa (2019.) As always, I was on the lookout for ways to improve my life, so I asked her what her daily routines looked like. She did not have any TV on in the morning, she said the silence was good. That felt very weird, but it planted a seed. A few years ago, I learned that my close friend Christina does not listen to or watch the news period. If I mention the war in Israel or the border, she has no comment because she has no idea what is going on and she is open about it. Me – I thought how could someone “live under a rock” like that? Be so uninformed. Didn’t she feel dumb when world topics came up in conversations with clients? Seed #2. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/r3orzyegzxwa5fynftv4ewn2gd6xvu monthly 0.5 2023-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1703262431274-QBTRUYD4Y1S5P9V520XG/Ripple+Effect.png My Stories - The Ripple Effect - What happens when you decide there is a better version of you available and you want to become them? A version of you who is a better listener, meditates to become less reactive, wants to learn to enforce boundaries with the people in your life. You are beginning your personal growth journey!!! You may start seeking out the right tools the books, the podcasts. There may even be a mentor, someone you see on Instagram or know in real life who is a good listener and has a morning routine, they model these things in their daily life. Follow them, use them to inspire you. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/au40n9xswydgg966z2v6win3jlxcd6 monthly 0.5 2023-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1702480398204-6T3E086VCPMQ3LOFXHSI/The+End.jpg My Stories - Nothing Lasts Forever There are a million cliches and let’s not forget all the song lyrics! Over the last few weeks, I have sort of made a list of things that I thought would never change, things I thought I would be doing for the rest of my life. When we are in the middle of a love relationship, we can think “this will last forever,” and so often it just does not. My first love at age 14 I dreamt of us getting married someday. Often in the middle of relationships I pondered how good things were, how well we got along. How could we possibly start fighting about things, even things that could cause us to end this? There may even come a time when you or I wonder what I even saw in some of the people we dated in our lifetimes. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/18mjbo2lkl8ieinhms0m071pmtylz3 monthly 0.5 2023-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1701059782094-ETIHMF7T9CUX4LYI5TTZ/Manifestation+-+Magic+Blog+Picture.jpg My Stories - Manifestation – have you heard of it?  In the simplest terms, manifestation is putting your intention towards something that you hope will happen, and then watching it happen in real life. In other words, if you think it, it'll come true. - Julia Malacoff Look around the space you are in, you will find something that you once upon a time did not have, but desired, and now it is in your reality. The car you wanted, the pair of shoes you have on, the meal on your table. First, we thought of it and then it came to be in our lives. You can say “That’s just life,” but life is manifesting, and we are doing it in positive and negative ways all the time. There are lots of science, tools, and beliefs around the practice of manifestation. For some it comes easy, the house they want, the job they desire, everything comes easily to them, and others may feel like they cannot get it right. BUT, our lives are the result of our thoughts and our words, like it or not. Currently, I am participating in a “manifestation challenge”, and it got me thinking about a few things I have manifested in the past. The past but a time when I knew better, I got what I desired, but I was not specific or intentional about it. For me, that kind of manifesting is easy and an everyday thing. A non-specific desire or idea comes to me and boom it shows up quickly and honestly, it probably does for you too, if take the time to think about it. Let me throw out a few examples of easy and non-specific manifestations: https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/8lgq91xzw7c9b842ofmsovl0ppltb0 monthly 0.5 2023-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1699964482687-PI1RJTW4LPAVVO97309A/Be+a+man.png My Stories - Be A Man – turning a negative into a positive worked for me “Come on bro, man up.” “Act like a man.” “Be a man.” These phrases are heard by boys from a very young age from the media, their peers and sometimes even their own parents. “Be a man” is used in attempts to say, “be tough.” - June Kitahara. While this is the way the phrase is most often used (negatively), for me it resonated in a very different way. Over the course of my personal growth journey there have been many mantras or affirmations that I have adopted and repeated, either in my head or out loud, as a way of improving myself. There was “I accept people as they are,” this helped me be less judgmental (always working on this one.) QTIP or “quit taking it personally,” helped me grow out of thinking that people did things, that pissed me off, on purpose. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/vqp88aka0uh95jlcm8w7ezi66uv7ig monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/599b888c-a0a8-4c01-9547-665b8e9d69e3/woman+drawing+a+line+in+the+sand.png My Stories - Drawing Lines In The Sand As I am writing this blog post I am preparing to present an in-person workshop on boundaries. What they are, why we may not have them, and how to create them in our lives. Boundaries are one of the 3 most important tools I ever learned about and then came to implement in my life. Along with my daily routines and being present, learning about and implementing boundaries has had an everlasting impact on me and my life. Although sharing my life experience of using boundaries may have been all the content I needed for my workshop, I started doing additional research on the topic and asking others how they feel about boundaries. What words come to mind, what feelings come up, when up they hear the word “boundary”, how do they feel when others do not respect their boundaries, etc? The responses were angry, caged in, not respected, and “emotionally exhausted.” My daughter’s response was “I don’t know that I feel boundaries.” (do I need to worry about her or is that good?) When I was around my daughter’s age (27+) I was a mother to a toddler and a working mom who was saying yes to everyone and everything. Every day I felt like I was not being heard or respected and everything in my married life was a battle. Because I wanted to be “supermom” and do and be everything, I was going way overboard when I had a birthday party for my daughter or hosted a dinner party at our house, I was doing everything myself. For some reason, I felt the need to deep clean every part of the house before people came over. I was exhausted, frustrated, and angry. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/dxqwzyyvp7x7yd4f0eg0twxxrac3te monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/72a64aee-3335-41b0-9d4e-a52254a4ba5b/Dugger-60.jpg My Stories - Becoming A 50 Year Old Woman I am pretty sure that, as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to be a 50-year-old woman. And, perhaps a Crone ** The women I was in awe of my whole life, were all “older.” They were well dressed, wore bold jewelry, had perfectly styled hair and were beautiful. They had such an air of class and confidence about them. That’s what I wanted, so badly. First, there was my maternal grandmother who was always nicely dress, her salt and pepper hair perfectly coiffed, she wore espadrilles, slacks, and a blouse always. Her reading glasses hung from her neck on a nice little chain. Pretty sure I NEVER saw her in pajamas and a housecoat. Everything was always just so at her house. I can remember snooping around in my grandparents’ bedroom when everyone was downstairs. Looking in their closet and bathroom, everything was picture perfect, down to Vanity Fair magazine on the stool in the bathroom. I slipped on her shoes and dreamed of what it would be like to be her. It seemed like life would be easy, I would be beautiful and confident. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/3j669h752ubqatmbcv6yqmx5ldaofi monthly 0.5 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/58291ad1-3334-46cb-aa5c-70bc3ddb93f1/Lisa.jpg My Stories - stereotype  ster·e·o·type a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. I absolutely love stereotypes! They are what comedy is all about!! Making fun of people and the things they do whether that be the stereotype of the typical white hillbilly, the TikTok about the things “white people say,” black people eating fried chicken and watermelon, Asians being good at math! Nothing cracks me up more than Dave Chapelle doing one of his white guy impressions. Most of us, in one way or another, fit into some sort of stereotype. Back in my garage door sales days, I was visiting a customer and when they asked what I was doing that weekend I said that my family and I were going camping. “What type of camping” they asked, cabin or RV? We were going good old fashioned, tent on the ground, camping and cooking every meal over the open flame. They looked at me like either I was insane or “you?” When I asked for clarification, the answer was that I did not look like someone who went tent camping. (With my hair and makeup, acrylic nails, nicely dressed, did I look like the type of person who was going to go out and get muddy and had the wherewithal to rough it? https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/nno3rg1rhh7xlg2akc67wda4ptdl76 monthly 0.5 2023-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/e1b818cf-1808-47da-b753-b544e154ce30/Windy+Road+Green.jpg My Stories - A Change in Plans: How to Lean Into the Unexpected  Back in the day, I was kind of controlling. My whole life I had been a planner, I liked people to arrive when they were supposed to, having dinner on the table when I said it would be and everyone to jump up and come to the table when I announced dinner was ready. When deciding what restaurant to go to I wanted to be one to choose, where we went did not seem to matter to others, but it did matter to me. If I/we had made plans to go somewhere or do something and plans fell through, or people cancelled at the last minute, it took me some time to recover from the disappointment. My emotions would often get the better of me, I became angry or very sad. In 2001 my now husband (Glenn) came into my life. We met on the internet, before it was cool to meet on the internet. We lived in separate cities he near Columbus, Ohio and me near Cincinnati, Ohio a 1.5 hours’ drive away from each other. Both of us had recently finalized our divorces from our former spouses and had children from our marriages, me a 5-year-old and he had 3 kids 6, 10 and 13. You can see where the challenges began. Although I expressed my concern about the distance Glenn continued to pursue the relationship “it will be ok” or “we will figure it out” was his thinking. My concerns were well founded, I knew myself, I needed lots of time together, physical attention and proximity to the person I cared about. My husband would later refer to me as the “Sears Tower” (had he only listened) meaning I needed lots of attention and maintenance. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/k6mbrcth0ho4faxwwdeo3yfe5g69d9 monthly 0.5 2023-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1697028606022-YL7OL12CM5IAPXFSYE3D/Do+not+disturb.png My Stories - Calls in the Middle of the Night - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/c58uz8q4kvm2e5v6b6n6rxgf39r1un monthly 0.5 2023-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1695129420523-J64HK905WJFSFBY0BLHZ/Patience+is+a+Virtue.jpg My Stories - Patience is a Virtue: In my opinion, it is more of an ongoing practice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/de93ush5eremctdzpfcvc782rku78x monthly 0.5 2023-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1694430334908-J2QC1H3RM3L37Y1DF5OT/Public+Speaking.jpg My Stories - Public Speaking - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/xqode6mwtsvmtfzxqa02lru1kwxyho monthly 0.5 2023-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/358b7b2a-7d88-4310-a1c9-5b5c2e782f24/Trouble+Photo.jpg My Stories - The feeling of “Getting in Trouble” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/drnl2mk2v5m1t3p5rct18ypdqqjmmp monthly 0.5 2023-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/596b1189-c0ea-49c2-b89a-cb8ca18b9623/%E2%80%9CTests%E2%80%9D+Will+Keep+Showing+Up+Until+You+Listen+and+Learn.jpg My Stories - “Tests” Will Keep Showing Up Until You Listen and Learn - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/t8lr3qy18nltqzxn3do03t70i5bdcn monthly 0.5 2023-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1690402927380-3E1A40SLI3VCDTSLMMSR/Dan+the+Expander.jpg My Stories - Dan The Expander - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/z1ekynfbsu0kp6mq8mjz7vm2ml0xqr monthly 0.5 2023-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1689791108100-E8J8SHX8G3UK89X4B0P4/Codependency+Awareness+is+the+fix.jpg My Stories - Codependency Awareness Is “The Fix” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/igccjnfiq6z7xvhtsi1g9c5mi2s1uv monthly 0.5 2023-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/b969798c-6fb9-483e-aee3-ca6584d82ee2/You+Belong+Here.jpg My Stories - You Belong Here - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/guzsgcg3pr9y8r0sxj5jycsjt09loe monthly 0.5 2023-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1688388360566-G2NE85ZQPQ7QJES3ZSNL/Junk+Food.jpg My Stories - Modeling Self-Control – My dad Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/pzyeex9u83jdpxneb08xm88yr0idpt monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/0e2c665e-b636-45ec-8d85-c3a50d09acbb/New+Growth.jpg My Stories - Wow How I Have Changed Over Time by Doing “The Work” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.one-inspires.com/my-stories/3abt77ggfhmzigfuahxi52l76pp8hb monthly 0.5 2023-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6377e086a7413409b83ae9fa/1682426131159-ODQAX2B6WWTWQEPSVTOC/Toxic-relationship-red-flags-1024x692.jpg My Stories - Toxic Relationship? 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