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Hero on a Mission: The Guide
What do we do, and who do we turn to in order to become the hero we are called to be? Either we find the teacher like Daniel LaRusso did in finding handyman and Karate expert Mr. Miyagi, or the guide finds us as Gandalf comes looking for Bilbo. But inevitable in the hero’s journey,…
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Hero on a Mission: The Villain
When you think of a villain, who comes to mind? Darth Vader? The Wicked Witch of the West or one of the evil queens from Snow White or Sleeping Beauty? While all are good candidates, a strong case can be made that Mr. Potter from “It’s a Wonderful Life” is the quintessential villain. When we…
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Hero on A mission: The Victim
Imagine being trapped in a time loop, day after day you wake up to Sunny and Cher on the radio, no hot water in your shower, and it is Groundhog’s Day. No matter what you do or how you live you are stuck living the same day over and over again. Phil Conners, played by…
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Hero on a Mission: The Hero
The Hero: What makes for a good hero in a story? Superpowers? Big Muscles? An awesome costume or cool gadgets? While Superman, Thor, and James Bond are interesting heroes, it actually isn’t any of those things that make a character a hero. Donald Miller notes that often heroes at the beginning of their story or…
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Hero on a Mission: Intro
If your life were turned into a movie, would you watch it? Would others be interested in it and invested to see if you reach the climactic finale? Author Donald Miller encountered these very questions as his life was being turned into a movie. For Miller the sad answer was in fact no. This began…
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The Rise of ADD
It’s no secret that there has been an increase in ADHD (formally ADD) diagnoses formally, and many more people are self-diagnosing with ADHD over the last few years. It is true that our attention spans are reducing, and there are a host of reasons that this may be, but I want to point out another…
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“Dancing Through Life”
What is the best way to be happy? How does one win at life? Is the old bumper sticker, “He who has the most toys wins” right? In the popular musical, Wicked, the character, Fiyero, has an answer that may seem appealing and is in many ways reinforced by our entertainment-based society. He sings this…
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Be Like Water
As the end of the year approaches, many of us are prone to consider how this year has unfolded and what we’d like to do differently in the coming year. For many that might mean improving in a skill for work or learning a new skill for a personal hobby. But that begs the question…
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Better to forget? How to move forward from a painful past
In the 2004 movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the main character Joel (played by Jim Carrey) finds out that his girlfriend has undergone a procedure to have all her memories of him erased after the two get into an argument and break up. Realizing she no longer knows him and looking for a…
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Problem Solving Therapy
When faced with a problem what is the first thing you do? For some whether it is in the business world or personal life, we might set a goal. For some we have learned how to use the SMART goals system. SMART goals are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely. The point of the acronym…