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Pike’s Peak: Promises, Promises

Thumbnail image for Pike’s Peak: Promises, Promises by Catherine Ryan Hyde October 15, 2011

Here are a few photos from my hike up the Barr Trail to Barr Camp, which is 6.5 miles and 3,800 vertical feet, or a little better than half the way to Pike’s Peak summit. I just got back to the motor home about an hour ago. I’d had the night’s reservation for Barr Camp [...]

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What I Ask

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What can one ordinary person do when they give themselves permission to be the best that they can be?  What is the yardstick that you use to measure your personal worth? Music Credits:  Kevin MacLeod Please share this story!

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Cynicism is a cinch

Thumbnail image for Cynicism is a cinch by Brooke Leigh Sheldon June 29, 2011

I have come to a realization. Cynicism is a cinch! Perhaps you know some people who are true masters of cynicism. Let me help you identify them. They are pretty easy to recognize. They may say things like: “It won’t work!” “You can’t do it.” “No. It’s impossible.” “You’ll never do be able to.” “We [...]

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Words have power

Thumbnail image for Words have power by Brooke Leigh Sheldon March 9, 2011

Words have power. In my line of work, I constantly see the positive and negative impact of words on the psyche. Words build. Words break. Without question, the effects of physical abuse can leave scars on the body and the spirit. Additionally, as research has now demonstrated, it is inarguable that how we are spoken [...]

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The secret to building self-confidence

Thumbnail image for The secret to building self-confidence by Brooke Leigh Sheldon February 2, 2011

I am currently working on a new project with a colleague and we were brainstorming a few days ago about the best way to move the project ahead. I love brainstorming, the incredible feeling of feeling your mind working, moving, ticking and expanding. So, in my usual way, I shot out some pretty aggressive goals. [...]

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Reverse Trick-or-Treating

Thumbnail image for Reverse Trick-or-Treating by Valli Keller October 21, 2010

                        Update 2011 ~ For the fifth year in a row, thousands of children in Canada and the US will be surprising adults on Halloween this year. Instead of Trick-or-Treating in the usual way, these children will be handing out Fair Trade chocolate to [...]

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But What Will They Think Of Me?

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You’ve got to be true to yourself or you can’t be honest for others. iPhones use download link to listen Music Credit Kevin MacLeod Please share this story!

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VetWow’s Short Podcasts for MST Survivors, Friends and Family

Thumbnail image for VetWow’s Short Podcasts for MST Survivors, Friends and Family by Lily Casura October 6, 2010

Susan Avila Smith Military Sexual Trauma, like PTSD another “invisible wound,” is unfortunately more prevalent in the military than we would want to believe, though little discussed officially. It’s different though when combatants get together who have experienced it. Among female service members in particular, it is all too often a common experience; and whether [...]

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The Sacrifice Zone – Oil on the bottom of the Gulf

Thumbnail image for The Sacrifice Zone – Oil on the bottom of the Gulf by Greenpeace September 29, 2010

By Kurt Davies for Greenpeace Now that was a totally new experience! Last night I got to touch clay and mud fresh from the bottom of the sea, 1,300 meters (4,000 feet) deep in the Gulf of Mexico. That was fun. Today we pulled up a sample and opened the lid to see little patches [...]

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Frederick Douglass is in the house

Thumbnail image for Frederick Douglass is in the house by Valli Keller April 30, 2010

People do not enslave other people to be mean to them. People enslave other people for a profit. People are not even a capital purchase item – they are a disposable commodity. Kevin Bales, President and Co-Founder of Free the Slaves gave a TED talk in which he discusses how we can stop human trafficking [...]

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