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How Many Failures Will Lead to Success?

August 1, 2018 by D. A. Wolf 10 Comments

The power of a win.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Starting Over Tagged With: definitions of success, determination, failure, motivation, real women real life, relocation, resilience, serendipity, starting over, success, taking risk, well being

Maybe We Have More Choices Than We Think

April 9, 2015 by D. A. Wolf 6 Comments

Too many choices, or too few? You decide.

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: attitude, decision-making, Lifestyle, managing change, personality, perspective, taking risk

The Benefits of Stretching

November 18, 2014 by D. A. Wolf 9 Comments

Stretching what you perceive as your limits – to benefit both body and mind.

Filed Under: Health, Lifestyle Tagged With: aging, aging gracefully, definitions of success, exercise, health and well-being, life skills, risk, taking risk, women and careers

Changing Things Up

April 17, 2013 by D. A. Wolf 4 Comments

If not now… when? Changes in the wind.

Filed Under: Morning Musing Tagged With: change, contributors, fear, life events, managing change, psychology, reinvention, taking risk

Why You Shouldn’t Talk to Strangers. Wait… DO… Maybe.

December 5, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 21 Comments

Online dating. Real life. Who is friend vs. foe?

Filed Under: Dating, Relationships Tagged With: big questions, fear, online dating, Relationships, taking risk, the kindness of strangers, violence

Jane on Jane, and the Value of YES

May 23, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 11 Comments

Thank you, Women’s Voices for Change, for the shout-out to Emmy Award-winning actor Jane Lynch and her 2012 commencement speech at Smith College. It’s a funny and inspiring twenty minutes (see below), filled with humor and smarts from this multi-talented dynamo. I strongly recommend that you watch and listen, not only enjoying Ms. Lynch’s wit, […]

Filed Under: Culture, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Sexual Politics Tagged With: ageing, aging, aging gracefully, celebrities, change, daily plate of crazy, fear, planning, taking risk, women over 50, women's issues, women's lives, women's roles

Can People Really Change?

April 3, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 21 Comments

Embracing change; resisting change.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Relationships Tagged With: change, divorce, managing change, Marriage and Divorce, post-divorce life, psychology, setting goals, taking risk, trust

NO to No. (Changes in the Wind?)

March 31, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 21 Comments

This seems to be a cycle I repeat: yes to those I nurture, yes to too many commitments, yes to options of every sort, yes to running until I’m ready to drop. It’s time to say no to some of those yeses. More importantly, it’s time to admit that I say no to myself, and […]

Filed Under: Other Stuff Tagged With: definitions of success, managing change, people pleasing, post-divorce life, self-esteem, self-examination, taking risk, women's roles

Dumb Things, Smart Moves

March 22, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 11 Comments

Done anything dumb lately? I have. We all do. I’ve run into walls – literally and figuratively – because I wasn’t paying attention when I should have been. (Yes, the multitasking thing.) I’ve driven to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription, pressed for time, only to realize my wallet was on the kitchen table. […]

Filed Under: Health, Lifestyle, Relationships Tagged With: do you know your body's rhythms, learning, life skills, managing change, Parenting, psychology, Relationships, taking risk, trusting your gut

Notes on the Times

March 19, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 4 Comments

On moving, on thinking, on perspectives for our times.

Filed Under: Morning Musing Tagged With: ageing, aging, aging gracefully, fear, fear response, morning exercise, Morning Musing, ramble, taking risk, writing, writing exercise

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