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  • What If It Is Not Their Personality

    What If It Is Not Their Personality

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    Harper Leigh
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    Daily prompt: What’s something most people don’t understand? Most people think they are dealing with personalities, attitudes, or choices. They are not. They are dealing with nervous systems. Every interaction you have, at work, in relationships, in conflict, in joy, is shaped by the state of your nervous system and the state of the person…

  • Sitting With Difficult Feelings

    Sitting With Difficult Feelings

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    Harper Leigh
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    WordPress Prompt: What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings? Negative feelings are part of being human. Over time I have learned that sometimes the most helpful thing to do is simply let them sit there for a while and allow them to pass through me. It is ok to feel. When the…

  • Ambiguity

    Ambiguity

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    Harper Leigh
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    WordPress Daily Prompt – What Bores You? Ambiguity bores me when it is used as a shield rather than a reflection. It often shows up dressed as depth or flexibility, but underneath it is a reluctance to choose, to name, or to be accountable. There is a place for ambiguity. Not everything is ready to…

  • Learning as I Go (with snacks)

    Learning as I Go (with snacks)

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    Harper Leigh
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    If there were a biography about you, what would the title be? Daily Prompt I have learned many things the hard way and a few things the joyful way. Mostly, I am still learning. About people. About myself. About when to pause, when to speak, and when to quietly sit with a cup of tea…

  • The Bravest Thing I’m Doing Is Letting Go

    The Bravest Thing I’m Doing Is Letting Go

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    Harper Leigh
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    The thing I’m most scared to do is let go of what I’ve outgrown. Not because I don’t see it.I usually do. But because letting go asks me to step into a quieter kind of courage. The kind where no one claps, no one validates it, and no one else can do it for me.…

  • Flourishing in the Second Half

    Flourishing in the Second Half

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    Harper Leigh
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    The WordPress daily prompt today posed a question that requires some thought. What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? As I get older, the idea becomes more appealing. I am 55 years old and have just completed my nursing degree, becoming a registered nurse. In many ways, I feel…