The Resolute Woman

Category: change

  • Lean on

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    “Lean on the world to save women and girls,” says Kathleen Parker, a Washington Post writer, whose column was reprinted in the April 10, 2013, issue of the Dallas Morning News. Parker recently sat next to Sunitha Krishman at the fourth annual Women in the World summit. Sunitha is a former Hindu nun who rescues…

  • Death by suburb

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    No matter if you live in the country or a city or a suburb, David L. Goetz, in his book Death By Suburb—How to Keep the Suburbs from Killing Your Soul, offers some interesting comments about surviving in our hectic world: “Busyness and efficiency stalk the deeper, spiritual life….The practice of solitude may be the…

  • Find the quiet center

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    One Sunday morning recently when I had thought seriously about sleeping in, I arrived in church a few minutes late, but, thankfully, in time to sing these words by Shirley Erena Murray. Come and find the quiet center in the crowded life we lead, Find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where…

  • How do habits change?

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    As we all know too well, there are no easy, simple answers to rely on when we want to change a habit. As Charles Duhigg says in his book The Power of Habit—Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, “There is, unfortunately, no specific set of steps guaranteed to work for every…

  • Plenty of cues

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    Do you remember that we wrote a blog post recently about habits and talked about the cue, the routine and the reward? A habit is what happens every morning when you grab a cup of coffee at your office. The coffee is your cue to pick up a donut, too. The donut becomes a routine…

  • Creating a good habit

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    We all have a bad habit or two, but we also have plenty of good habits. We brush our teeth every morning, remember to feed the dog and show up at work on time. If you want to join our plan to make one change before Thanksgiving, which we discussed in our last blog post,…

  • Is it time to check on your resolutions?

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    We checked out calendars, and it’s six weeks until Thanksgiving. Amazing! It doesn’t seem that long since we were celebrating the New Year and thinking about making resolutions. If you’re like us and your goal to keep those resolutions has gotten lost in your efforts to keep up with work and family and assorted miscellaneous…

  • Deciding or doing

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    If you see 10 birds on a wire and five decide to fly, how many are left? The answer to this riddle is 10. “Deciding and doing are not the same,” concludes Dr. Mehmet Oz in an article “Goal Power” in Time magazine, September 17, 2012. The riddle reminds us of one of our favorite…

  • By 2030, will half of us be obese?

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    By 2030, Trust for America’s Health predicts 13 states will have obesity rates above 60 percent, 39 states will have rates above 50 percent and every state will have rates above 44 percent. We read this grim prediction in the September 19, 2012, issue of the Dallas Morning News, and, at first, we just felt…

  • Calm and chaos

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    I am proud to report that it’s peaceful at our house. All three of our dogs usually remain calm. Gracie Girl, a five-pound apricot-red poodle is the smallest, but she reigns as head of the pack. Roxie Ravin, at seven pounds, is always the gentle caretaker staying close to her human and nonhuman friends when…