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Be Awesome

Did you do something awesome today? Wouldn’t it be great if, at the end of every day, we could lay in bed and think about the awesome thing we built, created, cooked, wrote, said, or did? So far, I’ve started a project, made cheddar bay biscuits, and not...
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Public Speaking Panic

I’m preparing for two speaking engagements this week. My first talk is for approximately 75 high school girls. They’ll see a prom fashion show, have dinner, listen to me speak on confidence, and then they’ll visit different pampering stations....
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God is not Sephora

Thousands of pretty bottles, tubes, and jars line the shelves of my favorite beauty store. Known for high-end, try-before-you-buy cosmetics, Sephora is like Christmas morning to me. Friendly faces greet you when you enter, offering assistance on the best foundation...
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The Honeymoon is Over… What To Do With All of the Money?

[guestpost]If I could shake young-and-stupid-newly-married-Bethany, I would. We made so many money mistakes, and I wish we had listened to our parents and educated ourselves instead of learning money lessons the hard way. Today, Steve Repak, CFP®, author of Dollars...
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High-Maintenance Mentality

I brought two dresses, nine pairs of pants, ten tops, and twelve pairs of shoes for the writers conference. For four days. When I asked Justin to retrieve the suitcase from the attic, my sweet husband heard, “Please get the smallest carry-on we own.” How...