Happy New Year 2025. To me, a new year feels like the first, crisp page of an empty notebook, the clean surface of a blank canvas, or a pristine beach with nary a footprint embedded in the expanse of white sand. It’s a world of possibilities and wonder. What will this new year hold?
“A hunch is your gut trying to tell you something.” In caregiving, these quiet nudges—our intuitions—often signal something important: an unmet need, a sense that something isn’t quite right, or simply a reminder to pause and reflect. Using the Compassionate Inquiry Process (CIP), we can explore these inner signals with care and clarity, discerning if they call for an action or a deeper level of trust.
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Halloween celebrates spooky tales, haunted houses, and those costumes that help us playfully create a new image. I remember dressing up as a child with a plastic witch mask and outfit, yelling ‘boo!’ to those I approached. I am giggling now, but then I felt no one would know it was just a tiny human behind the mask as I rang doorbell after doorbell to fill my bag of treats.
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Have you ever wondered about the difference between happiness and joy? Learning the difference between the two can help you live a more meaningful and purposeful life.
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Whether you realize it or not, a lot of your daily behavior is composed of habits. These are automatic behaviors that you do without thinking. You do them in the same way every day. From the moment we open our eyes in the morning, get out of bed, brush our teeth, take a shower, or fix breakfast, we are running on habits.
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