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Grace de Rond

Deciding About Love

One evening more than three decades ago, my husband, Ron, left the Haarlem hospital where he was a Resident and headed to Rotterdam for a…

3 min readApr 18, 2020

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Deciding About Love

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Grace de Rond

My Main Takeaway From Visiting Qumran

In my 20s, I lived on a kibbutz in Israel. I first considered leaving America and moving to Israel when I was working in a school for…

5 min readMar 24, 2020

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Grace de Rond

What’s Our Self-Talk Saying About Us?

I locked my keys in the car one day, with the motor running. It’s not something you want to run around telling everyone, but it’s also not…

4 min readOct 7, 2019

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What’s Our Self-Talk Saying About Us?

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Grace de Rond

Earthworms and Angels

Recently, I dreamed of watching myself — seated in a gold-framed box hanging in outer space, tethered by a thread to something out of…

8 min readSep 16, 2019

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Earthworms and Angels

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Grace de Rond

A Look At “Beneath The Surface” By Kristi Hugstad

New World Library has asked me to review its newest book, which becomes available today. New World’s previous publications include The…

2 min readSep 10, 2019

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A Look At “Beneath The Surface” By Kristi Hugstad

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Grace de Rond

Finding Great Love Is An Inside Job

My husband and I are in our 29th year together. Soon after we met, when we were just becoming acquainted as friends, I felt nauseas one…

5 min readJun 12, 2019

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Finding Great Love Is An Inside Job

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Grace de Rond

My Main Takeaway From Visiting Patmos

On a trip to Greece a few years ago, my husband and I island-hopped. That meant arriving without a reservation for a place to stay, with…

4 min readApr 16, 2019

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My Main Takeaway From Visiting Patmos

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Grace de Rond

HuffPost Interviewed Me About Parenting In A Blended Family

I became a regular Contributor to HuffPost in 2015. After posting more than 65 articles about relationships and effective living, HuffPost…

4 min readApr 10, 2019

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HuffPost Interviewed Me About Parenting In A Blended Family

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Grace de Rond

A Look At Joseph Campbell’s New Book, “Correspondence”

By the late 80s, Shakti Gawain was a best selling author and a household name. Through her books and workshops, she became internationally…

4 min readMar 27, 2019

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A Look At Joseph Campbell’s New Book, “Correspondence”

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Grace de Rond

How To Stay Calm When Everyone’s Losing It

On a visit to Taormina on Sicily, our hotel was situated so that we could stand on our balcony and see Mount Etna in the distance. I told…

4 min readMar 21, 2019

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How To Stay Calm When Everyone’s Losing It

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Grace de Rond

Grace de Rond

I write about effective living through focused thought at gracederond.com and for sites like Thrive Global, The Good Men Project and HuffPost.

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