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| Keep your power |
Have you ever given away your power? I confess that I recently did so by trying to manipulate someone into approving of me. Here’s a story that’s embarrassing for me to admit. I share it so that you might recognize similar patterns in yourself and avoid them.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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| A Culture of Honor: Building bridges, not wedges |
I felt really proud of my son, Paul, and his wife. Recently, while we visited them in Chicago, Paul told us about a group of principles that his church community had adopted called “a culture of honor.”
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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| Just Passing Through |
We have friends who spend part of the year in Alaska, and part-time in the Verde Valley. About now they are saying “enough mosquitoes!” Shortly they will start the long slow trip southward – watching the season change across the land as they head back to Arizona.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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| A gift in mistakes |
My heart sank as I listened to my husband’s voice on the other end of the phone. Steve had driven to Phoenix for a meeting that I had set up for him.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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| Column: Now arriving from South America: Arizona’s Other Cuckoo |
One of the latest migratory birds to arrive in Arizona is the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, winging northward all the way from South America – Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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| Column: Stormy times |
For me, these last few months delivered me some tough times. Themes of loss and scarcity have threatened to overpower me. I supported a friend who had made an unpopular decision, and I took some heat for it. I lost financial income. In the last month, three people fairly close to me have died.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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| Summer Sounds |
June is a great time to observe nature in the Verde Valley. The bird migration is near complete.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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| Marta Adelsman Column: Joy of Christmas communication |
‘Tis the season when families come together around the Christmas tree and the dinner table. That means it’s time for me once again to share with you some tips about how to make your family communication the best ever.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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| Marta Adelsman Column: Awake and aware: a horse lesson |
My husband, Steve, had the video camera ready. I felt pretty good as I trotted and cantered Jasilla around the arena.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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| Marta Adelsman Column: Brevity |
Last week, I called my sister-in-law, Carole, to discuss a date when she could come over for dinner. I launched into a litany of why Wednesday, Thursday and Friday wouldn't work.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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| Marta Adelsman Column: Gratuitous gossip |
A young man I know in Chicago (I'll call him Thomas) recently got himself into trouble. Talking with work colleagues one day, he joined in bad-mouthing their boss.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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| Marta Adelsman Column: Put yourself first |
I felt alarmed after reading the e-mail that my friend's husband sent me. He described my friend's emotional state as "fragile." I read into his e-mail message that he fears for her mental and emotional stability.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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| Marta Adelsman Column: Happiness -- role or real? |
"Hi, how are you?" People probably ask you this all the time. "Fine," you say. "I couldn't be better!" "Yeah, things are going great!" How often do you answer this way, even when you're feeling lousy and you perceive that everything is falling apart?
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
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