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More Rocket Fuel Please: Our Addiction to Stimulants

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:February 27, 2024
  • Post category:Health and Fitness/mindfulness/self-awareness/Self-care

I often overdo my stimulation chemistry and wind up anxious, too type-a driven, interruptive, and brash.

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Black and White Thinking: Looking At the Darkness of Divorce

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:February 13, 2024
  • Post category:Anger/Co-Parenting/Dating/Depression/Divorce/humans of divorce/Married Life/Parenting/self-awareness/Self-care/Single-Dad/Spirituality

It is only by recovery that we stop the pattern of abuse, neglect, infidelity, and other love destroyers.

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The Fragility of Intimacy: And Our Tiny Signals for Love

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:February 4, 2024
  • Post category:Dating/mindfulness/relationship building/Relationships/self-awareness/Sex

As a long-term couple, we can align on our intentions and our schedules more easily than in an early or casual relationship.

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My Beautiful Boy Moment

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:February 1, 2024
  • Post category:Depression/Health and Fitness/self-awareness/Self-care

We want to change others and we get drawn into the fantasy of how we can be that agent of change.

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The Divorce Orchestration Library

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:January 28, 2024
  • Post category:Anger/Co-Parenting/Divorce/humans of divorce/Parenting/self-awareness/Self-care/Single-Dad/Spirituality

I attempted to give hope to struggling families, hope to divorced and lonely people and a few simple practices of mindfulness. 

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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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Trying to Push the River: Forcing Your Dating Journey Won’t Work

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:December 30, 2023
  • Post category:Dating/Health and Fitness/Joy/Love/self-awareness/Self-care/sexual chemistry

Online dating is okay if you're trying to maximize your potential reach. But don't spend Sunday afternoon browsing dating profiles hoping to find a partner who is likely to be at a yoga class on a Sunday morning. Go out there and live your life.

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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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