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Beyond Distracted: Tips to Focus in a Chaotic World

Amy Phariss — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000

For many of us, one of the main things that stands in the way between the start and finish of any given task is our ability to focus.

Today we're sharing a post contributor Amy Phariss penned in 2018. With her help, we're gonna take our to-dos from halfway-started-and-then-set-aside-for-some-undetermined-amount-of-time to DONE.

We've got this.

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7 Lessons I Learned While Finding Myself

Amy Phariss — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 15:00:00 +0000

When we enter into a relationship, it can be easy to get caught up in the swirl of romanticism and excitement and the joy of getting to know someone else—their likes and dislikes, their stories and habits. Sometimes, even in good relationships, we run the risk of melding together with our significant other so much that we can lose ourselves in them entirely.

Today we're sharing a piece from contributor Amy Phariss, on how she found herself again over the course of a 14-month period while her husband was deployed, and the lessons she learned along the way.

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On Motherhood: Tips for Calming the Storm of Anxiety

Amy Phariss — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:00:06 +0000

Twelve years ago, I became a mother. The anxiety began well before the birth of my first child, long before the first contraction or even the first ultrasound. In fact, the anxiety I’ve come to identify with motherhood began before I even conceived my daughter. Anxiety has been my roadside companion through our entire journey […]

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7 Lessons I Learned While Finding Myself

Amy Phariss — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:00:29 +0000

Sixteen years ago, fresh off a tour as a Peace Corps volunteer in China, I met my husband. I fell in love and changed my life plans. I didn’t return to China or travel the world as an aid worker or take lovers in places like Morocco. Instead, I got married in a church in […]

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Beyond Distracted: Tips to Focus in a Chaotic World

Amy Phariss — Thu, 24 May 2018 15:00:34 +0000

Twenty years ago I was a college senior about to graduate with degrees in English and history. During my last semester, a professor teaching a class on Chinese history put up the grade breakdown on the chalkboard (yep…chalkboard). It went like this: A, A-, B+, B, B- and so on. I asked, “Why is there […]

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Mental Fitness: Developing a Balanced Mental Health Regimen

Amy Phariss — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:00:48 +0000

For most of my life, I’ve been taught my physical wellbeing is important. Throughout my twenties, I followed the advice of doctors, trainers, girlfriends and diet-gurus to keep my body in fair-to-good shape; I exercised regularly, ate the rainbow and non-perfected my downward dog. Then, I became a mother and my world, that easy life […]

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