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10 Lies We Tell Ourselves That Keep Us From Living Happy And SMART

By Kathy Gottberg
Filed under: Aware, Meaningful

           I do my best here on SMART Living to stay away from politics. That’s not because I don’t have an opinion, but my intention here is to instead inspire and encourage us all to think and form our own opinions from a space of awareness, compassion and personal responsibility.   With that said, it occurred to me that much of the divisiveness we see and hear these days originates in some fundamental lies that we may be telling ourselves. Those lies or untruths are quite common and perhaps by taking the time to shine some light on them, we just might find that we have taken a wrong turn somewhere along the line.   Here then, are ten falsehoods some people tell themselves that keep them from being happy and SMART.  [Read more…]

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Honoring The Special Turning Points In Our Lives

By Kathy Gottberg
Filed under: Aware, Meaningful, Thankful

CelebratingLast week was my birthday.  Or I should say, one of my birthdays.  That’s because we all actually have many birth-days or major turning points during our lifetimes if we choose to remember and acknowledge them. Each one of these birthdays marks a significant turning point in our experience here on planet Earth.  And even though there are always a large number of major and minor days of significance for each of us, I believe my life contains four extra-ordinary days of beginning.   By sharing my special days with you, perhaps it will be easier for you to pinpoint and acknowledge similar events and birth-days in your life that you might want to honor and commemorate.

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Kathy Gottberg is an author with seven published books and hundreds of articles covering dozens of topics in the last 35 years. Along with her books, her passion today is SMART Living 365 where she explores ideas and experiences that help to create a meaningful, sustainable, compassionate and rewarding life for herself and others. Beyond that, she lives with Thom, her best friend and soul mate in Tucson, AZ.

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