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By Andrea Mabey
Have you ever imagined a hot cinnamon roll in your head and realized that you were craving it? My son John says that imagining yummy food is 85% of cooking. According to the law of Pe...
By Barb Bergman
In 2008 our family moved from Memphis, TN to Hermiston, Oregon. It was the beginning of July and my husband got a job at a little rural hospital (Scott is a CRNA – nurse anesthetist)....
By Andrea Mabey
Joseph, age 17, was visibly upset. He saw his little sister eating cold cereal on a Saturday night and immediately felt threatened. In our home, cold cereal is usually reserved for Su...
By Andrea Mabey
Doctor Gawande’s tremendous energy fueled his busy urology practice, his service to the Rotary Club and his tennis games three times a week. He also invested in a rural college back h...
By Andrea Mabey
There is power in optimism. It is clear when I hear hope sung and it invigorates my heart. It is clear when I hear despair in lyrics that my heart sinks. I encourage you to test it ou...
By Barb Bergman
My daughter Erica graduated from BYU in 2023 and got a job at a charter school in her field of Communication Disorders. She worked with young kids as a speech pathologist and helped t...
By Andrea Mabey
Healthy thin people and I have a lot in common. I used to be one. Stress and old age happened and a silent flag went up to indicate that I’d been moved to “Overweight-landia.”
As a n...
By Amanda Permann
I’ve always considered myself a fairly clean person, but over time, life happens, and my bedroom tends to become the place where things pile up—things I intend to deal with "later."...
By Amanda Permann
A while ago, our GMC Suburban began acting up. Although we knew something was wrong, we hadn't had it checked. One day, my daughter forgot her backpack at home, and I needed to make...
By Amanda Permann
In my Guided Mindset Mastery course, we were invited to experiment with the Law of Perpetual Transmutation by setting small, low-stakes goals. As Leslie Householder explains, this l...
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