Wellness Pearls Blog

Things you Can Get Rid of that Feel Wrong (but aren’t)

Organize yourself before you try to organize anything else.  – C. Jay Clutter isn’t just stuff—it’s a slow-motion suffocation of your sanity. Fun fact: Americans spend...
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Overcoming Life’s Prisons

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of...
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Let that S*^T GO!

If I could name one emotional well-being superpower, it would be mastery of  ‘letting it go’.  When others’ behavior or unchangeable circumstances  gnaw at us,...
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The Cul-de-Sac Mindset

To travel means, ultimately, nothing more than coming back home a different person from the one who left.            Pico Iyer...
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Suffering Before it is Necessary

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?        -Thomas a Kempis, medieval author, died 1491  In 1844,...
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The Ripening

It is common to find ourselves at a crossroads, torn between the demands of our responsibilities and the yearning to slow down.  This struggle happened...
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Safe-to-Fail in Costa Rica

It’s not an experiment if you know it’s going to work.       Jeff Bezos In 2021, amidst the chaos of Covid, I dreamed about...
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When Does it Happen?

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” – Pablo Picasso (Spanish cubist painter, 1881-1973) A middle school...
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The Edgy Art of Planning Fun First

Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. Dolly Parton I meet so many people throughout the year, many...
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