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I Wanted To Be a Writer, I Wanted To Be Famous

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:January 8, 2024
  • Post category:Joy/Love/mindfulness/self-awareness/Self-care/Spirituality

"I'm chronologically enhanced." What I am doing is living as big as I can, loving as hard and honestly as I can, and learning to let go of things I can't control. 

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ME Cycles and Wondermints: Why Is Self-Care So Difficult?

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:January 5, 2024
  • Post category:Co-Parenting/Health and Fitness/Joy/Love/mindfulness/Parenting/relationship building/Relationships/Self-care/Spirituality

The signal you are giving to your body and soul, is this, "I am worthy of being taken care of. I still love everyone else, but I need to put a few ME CYCLES in the mix.

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Maybe the Love We Seek Is Our Own

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:January 4, 2024
  • Post category:Dating/Depression/Health and Fitness/Joy/Love/mindfulness/relationship building/Relationships/Self-care/Sex/Single-Dad

Let's evaluate each potential partnership in terms of emotional maturity and availability. Let's do better each time we start a relationship of loving ourselves in a way that says, "I'm the catch."

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RE-Humanize Yourself: Life in the Cultural Wasteland of Taylor Swift

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:December 15, 2023
  • Post category:Depression/Joy/mindfulness/self-awareness/Self-care

The human experience begins with one other person, one moment at a time. Listen to their story. Be quiet.

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You Are Spending Time Thinking About What? #mindfulness or #busyness

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:December 15, 2023
  • Post category:Depression/Health and Fitness/mindfulness/self-awareness/Self-care/Spirituality

I'm going to keep making positive choices and listening for what my heart is telling me. I hope you can find the time, flicker of inspiration, to do the same.

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Coaching the Coach: A Process of Self-Reflection

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:December 13, 2023
  • Post category:Health and Fitness/Joy/mindfulness/Money/self-awareness

I don't want fame, I want tenacity and creative inspiration that keeps me lit up and firing all of my guns at once.

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Adjusting My Jetpack Joyride with Mindfulness

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:December 6, 2023
  • Post category:Depression/Health and Fitness/Joy/mindfulness/self-awareness/Self-care

We need to feel like our lives are meaningful, to ourselves, our family, and others.

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Wonderlust In Life

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:November 25, 2023
  • Post category:Joy/mindfulness/self-awareness/Self-care/Spirituality

May you have the energy and fire to architect and fill creative structures with the stories of your life, love, and loss.

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