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Please stop saying “Everything happens for a reason”

When my Mom was ageing, there came a time when she was unable to follow conversation with true empathy. She wanted to know what was going…

Feb 22, 2018

Please stop saying “Everything happens for a reason”

Feb 22, 2018

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Validation is to Approval as Empathy is to Sympathy

There’s a lot written about the difference between empathy and sympathy. Empathy is standing beside someone, sympathy is looking on.

Dec 7, 2017

Validation is to Approval as Empathy is to Sympathy

Dec 7, 2017

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How Setting a Goal Makes It Harder To Reach

Have you ever had the experience of having a deadline — a paper to finish for school or a project on a deadline at work, and you suddenly…

Nov 23, 2017

How Setting a Goal Makes It Harder To Reach

Nov 23, 2017

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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back — this is not a thing!

We say it like we know what it means, like we know why it happens. Two steps forward, one step back. We use it to mean that things aren’t…

Nov 16, 2017

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back — this is not a thing!

Nov 16, 2017

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Losing “the thread”

When I have a solid hold on “the thread,” I feel grounded and clear thinking. I “know” things are going to work out. All roads lead to…

Nov 9, 2017

Losing “the thread”

Nov 9, 2017

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The icing on the cake

Is it just me or is the first half of any project harder to do than the second half? More stressful, less satisfying, more time consuming…

Nov 2, 2017

The icing on the cake

Nov 2, 2017

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Have you considered quitting?

There is a dominant message we receive through advertising, in the “self-help” community, from our parents, mentors, teachers, coaches…

Aug 3, 2017

Have you considered quitting?

Aug 3, 2017

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Procrastination — Part 3 — What’s resistance really about?

For those of you who have read part 1 and part 2 of this three part blog, you now know that I am an 80%er — get a thing 80% done and then…

Jul 27, 2017

Procrastination — Part 3 — What’s resistance really about?

Jul 27, 2017

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Procrastination — Part 2 — The role of resistance

In part 1 we talked about how procrastination can be a helpful way to bring focus to projects you don’t want to do, but have to. The quiet…

Jul 20, 2017

Procrastination — Part 2 — The role of resistance

Jul 20, 2017

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Procrastination — Part 1– Problem or practical tool?

Are you a procrastinator? Do you admit this sheepishly, knowing you won’t be changing it, while also believing it’s a character flaw…

Jul 13, 2017

Procrastination — Part 1– Problem or practical tool?

Jul 13, 2017

kate doran

kate doran

Kate believes growth lies in what we tell ourselves is true. Find more posts at kathleendoran.com and insideoutdecluttering.com. Check out auntyanxiety podcast

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