Expanding Metaphors...(in the month of Re)
Dear Everyone: What happens if we connect our reservoirs? ~~ I love metaphor. Throughout the #Tridemic, one of the most frequent requests...
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Kemia Sarraf
- May 29, 2021
- 4 min
The Month of "Re"
Dear Everyone: I would like to formally declare June The Month of Re There are lots of Re words floating around out there right now...
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Kemia Sarraf
- May 25, 2021
- 3 min
Make Space for Joy
Dear Everyone: This week’s edition of Cereal With Hand Poured Milk finds us on the cusp of summer. COVID cases are steadily declining,...
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Kemia Sarraf
- May 19, 2021
- 3 min
Not Everything is a Face-Eating Bear
Dear Everyone: The most frequent lament I hear these days is, “I’ve never been this stuck. I’ve never been this tired. I’ve never been...
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Kemia Sarraf
- May 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Dance of Brain and Mind
I love the way our brains are built to detect and react to threat. We have an amazing “fast track” that enables us to respond without...
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Kemia Sarraf
- May 11, 2021
- 3 min
Entirety of Almost Everything
Dear Everyone: Never tie your growth to things you cannot control. This strikes me as incredibly sound advice if we are willing to...
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Kemia Sarraf
- May 8, 2021
- 2 min
Five Simple Ways to Renew Today
In the midst of the drama and chaos and trauma of our times, the tsunami of stress can feel overwhelming. We see it manifest in the news...
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Kemia Sarraf
- May 4, 2021
- 3 min
Small, Attainable Goals
Dear Everyone: As we enter True Spring and the hope, planning, and aspiration that accompanies these longer, warmer days, let us pay...
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Kemia Sarraf
- May 2, 2021
- 3 min
SAGing Into What's Next...
"Honor the space between no longer and not yet." Nancy Levin As we enter True Spring and the hope, planning, and aspiration that...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Apr 27, 2021
- 2 min
Beware The "Cheerleaders"
Dear Everyone: In this week’s edition of Cereal With Hand Poured Milk (aka “figure out what you can half-ass without harm”) we’re going...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Apr 21, 2021
- 1 min
Cereal with Hand Poured Milk (the beginning)
Dear Everyone: Cereal with Hand-Poured Milk is a meandering little blog I wrote a few months back. It touches on Tridemic Trauma, the...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Apr 12, 2021
- 4 min
Settle Your Glitter
Dear Everyone: Recently, I read the following article about helping teenagers "settle their glitter." It stuck with me, both practically...
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Ann V Deaton, PhD, PCC, CTPC, TIPC™
- Apr 4, 2021
- 3 min
What Do Your Spotters Say?
I’ve got blind spots. We all do. And one of my consistent blind spots is being aware of when I’m doing too much. It’s often not until I...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Feb 28, 2021
- 6 min
What Breaks Your Heart?
Dear Everyone: When we summon the strength to fight for those things that most break our heart, we are living into our life’s purpose....
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Kemia Sarraf
- Feb 14, 2021
- 4 min
"Who Do I Want To Be?"
Dear Everyone: Stress isn’t a bad thing. In fact, stress - particularly when appropriate, scaffolded supports are in place - is central...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Feb 7, 2021
- 3 min
What Would Make it Easy?
This week's guest blog is brought to you by Dr. Ann V. Deaton, Lodestar Coach, Facilitator and Master Coach Trainer. -- What would make...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jan 31, 2021
- 4 min
Cereal with Hand-Poured Milk
Dear Everyone: I sat down to write today and realized something: I. Am. Tired. In fact, I'm beyond tired. I'm exhausted - and wholly,...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jan 24, 2021
- 3 min
Complexity & Nuance
Flecti Non Frangi: To be bent, but unbroken. This idea is the heart of our work at Lodestar -- how do we realize and acknowledge the...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jan 17, 2021
- 4 min
We See What We Believe
“It’s a pretty human thing, to favor the stories we tell ourselves above all others.” Dan Stolar I first read this sentence 5 or 6 years...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jan 3, 2021
- 3 min
The Legacy Stops Here
Dear Everyone: Remember how they taught you. How much of it was fear. Refuse to hand it down. The legacy stops here… Melissa Etheridge ~~...
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