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01/09/2018
6 Tips to Help You Achieve Your Goals Faster Nothing feels better than achieving your goals. However, there may come a time when you get overwhelmed or realize that you have lost your motivation. Here are 6 tips to help you achieve your goals faster... More >>

Tags: Personal ResponsibilityStop Whining, Start LivingTipsValues
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01/07/2018
Grit and Grace: How I Lost 200 Pounds of Baby Weight As a mother of 5 children, I've gained and lost around 200 pounds in the last decade. As a Prairie Wife living in the middle of nowhere Wyoming, I had to rely on more than a little grit and grace to find ways to lose all that weight... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorCharacter-Courage-ConscienceEat Less-Move MoreHealthPersonal ResponsibilityTips
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01/04/2018
Finding A Way For My Family ...Twenty-nine years ago, I walked away from a fast-track, financially rewarding career path to stay home with my four children. My colleagues and boss were shocked... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorCharacter-Courage-ConscienceJobPersonal ResponsibilityRegarding Dr. LauraStay-at-Home MomValues
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01/04/2018
How to Help Kids Who Are Too Hard on Themselves Everybody loses, makes mistakes, fails to perform, does stupid stuff, receives criticism, and gets excluded. That's life. We can't make the bad feelings go away, but we can learn to face them without beating ourselves up. Here are some words to give your kids to help them accept the painful facts of life... More >>

Tags: AttitudeMental HealthMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingPersonal ResponsibilityStop Whining, Start LivingStupid Things Parents Do to Mess Up Their KidsTipsValues
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01/03/2018
I'm Single And Proud Of My Traditional Values I talk about your show at work so much that my co-workers refer to you as my girlfriend... More >>

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01/03/2018
Reminders That I Did The Right Thing ...As I was reading to my little ones, a very well-dressed mother and her three-year-old son who was clutching a toy airplane hurriedly walked by us. The mother dropped her son off at the daycare, and he immediately started screaming... More >>

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01/02/2018
Giving Credit Where It Is Due I want to give credit and honor to my youngest daughter and her husband. She's been a stay at home mom to two boys from day one, even though it has been a struggle financially... More >>

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12/15/2017
Making the Necessary Changes I started listening to you back in 2004 as a truck driver, because there was nothing else good on the radio. I laughed at your advice to listeners until one day, you had a caller who was faced with the exact situation I was in... More >>

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12/14/2017
Teaching My Little Man The Value of Hard Work ...In the mornings, when I drive him to school, we practice his spelling words. We do this every day like clockwork and he does not even ask to go play with his friends until his homework is done. This allows us to be together while he works so I can help him if he needs it... More >>

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12/13/2017
Adjustments Of The Stay At Home Mommy I had a stay at home 'aha' moment when my first child was about a year and a half old. I was teaching on a short-term contract, had a miscarriage, and my husband's work situation meant I was single parenting most of the time. I found myself becoming more and more short-tempered with my toddler... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorMilitaryParentingPersonal ResponsibilityRegarding Dr. LauraStay-at-Home MomValues
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