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"I can imagine living without my thumbs but not my imagination"
An ode to worn out thumbs and a prayer request
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Shelly L Francis
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What is the landscape of your soul?
How geography can offer metaphors to make us courageous
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Is Your Married Heart Light as a Feather?
What does an owl feather say about love? New book has clues
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The Courage to Transform Burnout
How is self-caring difference from self-care and resilience?
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34 -ly Words to Live and Die By
Wisdom To Go from My Mom
Offline Courage and Analog Activism
Finding voice and agency when frozen and speechless
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The Courage to Recognize Your True Work
with thanks to Mary Oliver and David Whyte
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How Do You Measure Soul Growth?
Happy Birthday to Courage & Resilience.
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What Peach Blossoms are Teaching Me About Courage, Seasons and Pruning Words
Was Anais Nin Right About the Risk to Bloom?
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Counting Ways to Care for True Self
Loving, Caring, Sharing, Imagining, Celebrating?
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Courage to Give Voice to Your Truth
What issues are worth the risk? Yes, I'm talking politics.
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Let's Talk About Marriage, Aging, and even Swiss Cheese
The inner lives of elder couples in love have wisdom for us
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