The Resolute Woman

Category: advice

  • Caring for the caregiver

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    During the next several weeks, we’re going to share some holiday lessons we’ve learned. During the busy month of December, all of us sometimes feel overwhelmed and exhausted. If you’re someone, like me, who has been busy all year taking care of a family member with health problems, you may often feel overwhelmed and exhausted.…

  • Give a bit of yourself

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    During the next several weeks, we’re going to share some holiday lessons we’ve learned. I just received another catalog filled with beautiful things that I don’t need and that my family and friends don’t need either. And, even though it’s still the first part of December, the catalog advised in big letters on the cover:…

  • Make a list

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    During the next several weeks, we’re going to share some holiday lessons we’ve learned. Fayteen remembered that she needed to make some changes in her insurance policy before the end of the year. She stopped for a few minutes and made a list of everything she has to accomplish before December 31. She felt relieved.…

  • Slow down

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    During the next several weeks, we’re going to share some holiday lessons we’ve learned. The day before Thanksgiving, I made a quick trip to Walmart to stock up on staples like bottled water and soft drinks. I rushed down the aisles, paid for my purchases, pulled my car keys out of my jeans pocket, stowed…

  • Following your own advice

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    Often, I realize, I know exactly what would be the best choice to make about what to eat or what to do with my time, but I don’t make the best choice. Sometimes, I even give my children advice and then think later that it might be good for me to follow the advice I’m…

  • Breast cancer affects 1 in 8

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    Ranna, my daughter, is cancer free, but she is still fighting serious health issues caused by breast cancer. I have learned a lot about this horrible disease since Ranna was diagnosed with cancer in January 2011. I urge each of you to get regular screening tests for breast cancer and to make sure that the…

  • A reminder about listening

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    I am sure that my dog Ginger is as wise as Enzo, Denny’s dog in Garth Stein’s book The Art of Racing in the Rain. However, even though I understand perfectly when Ginger is ready for a walk or wants something to eat, she has never been the narrator of a book or shared her…

  • Glimpses of the truth

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    Elaine Pagels writes about the Book of Revelation in the Bible and also about the number of other books of revelations that were written by the early Christians, books that weren’t included in the New Testament. In the conclusion of Revelations—Visions, Prophecy & Politics in the Book of Revelation, Pagels concludes, “Recovering such lost and…

  • Another year, another birthday

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    My birthday is approaching. “I can’t believe I’m this old,” I told my husband the other day. However, every time I start to feel a bit depressed about the inevitable, I remember my wise friend Jane, who was my roommate the summer I worked in Boston. It seems amusing now, but back then I was…

  • What kind of supporting actress are you?

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    I couldn’t resist buying the little book with a bright yellow cover—The Power of Nice—How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval. It wasn’t a very nice reaction, but I immediately thought of a number of people who might learn something from reading The Power of Nice. I…