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American Idol vs. My Gym Workout

April 30, 2009

Talent. Drama. Competition. Judgment.
New York Sports Club was full of people vying for a treadmill with a working video screen. Yes, Obama was holding a televised ‘First 100 Days In Office’ press conference (Fox kept it’s regular programming, thank you very much), but more importantly, American Idol was about to begin. [...]

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Fun Not Fear

March 22, 2009

As I walked along 5th Avenue from 96th St. to Central Park North in Manhattan last night talking on the phone with someone from college I’d seen earlier in the day for the first time in 20 years, the message “There is so much life to be lived” kept running through my head. Sharing [...]

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The Healing Power of Facebook (and time), Part 2

February 26, 2009

“Placing the blame or judgment on someone else
leaves you powerless to change your experience.
Taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them.”
~ Byron Katie ~
Why do we sometimes wait so long to make amends to ourselves and others? Is it because we are busy taking care of other [...]

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The Healing Power of Facebook

February 12, 2009

I didn’t realize how much I still needed to acknowledge and heal from my past until I signed up for Facebook last November and started making connections with the high school folks.
It started innocently enough. I was curious. I wanted to see what 25 years had done to their faces and their fortunes. [...]

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