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Live Your Life
Allow me to explain what I mean by that. A few years ago I was working out weekly with a trainer, and to change things up a bit, we...

Rachel Cole
Nov 2, 2020
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You Are Never Too Old to Set Another Goal
…or dream another dream. - C.S. Lewis I just saw 89 year old Sylvia Weinstock, the renowned cake maven on tv, proudly saying to some...

Rachel Cole
Oct 26, 2020
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Talk Less...Listen More
So I’m currently on Day 3 of complete laryngitis. I’m not hoarse, I’m not raspy, when I try to speak or make any kind of sound at all,...

Rachel Cole
Oct 19, 2020
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Stop Dusting Your Pipes
I know that sentence above doesn’t make any sense. Allow me to explain… A few years ago I met a woman who regularly dusted her pipes. ...

Rachel Cole
Oct 12, 2020
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Get Out of a Rut
Sometimes, when we’re making the choice to choose happiness in our lives, we have to take a look at what we’re doing on a daily basis. ...

Rachel Cole
Oct 5, 2020
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Don't Get Bitter...Get Better
This is hard. No one’s saying it’s easy. But in order to choose happiness, we need to rally against those things that, according to the...

Rachel Cole
Sep 28, 2020
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What is Enough?
I recently heard 2 different women say the same thing and I have to say, both times it blew my mind. The first comes courtesy of the...

Rachel Cole
Sep 21, 2020
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Actually, Size DOES NOT Matter
Something kind of mind-blowing happened to me the other day. I was folding laundry and I noticed that in one load of my clothes I had a...

Rachel Cole
Sep 14, 2020
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Don't Save Anything for a Special Occasion...
…being alive is the special occasion. I recently had the opportunity/honor to help in cleaning out my husband’s grandmother’s house after...

Rachel Cole
Sep 7, 2020
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Music is Magic
Have you ever seen people at a concert, singing all of the words to a song at the same time? Maybe with their hands up in the air,...

Rachel Cole
Aug 31, 2020
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Never Give Up Your Power
Ever. I have said many times that throughout my life more people have been unkind to me than kind to me, more people have thrown me under...

Rachel Cole
Aug 24, 2020
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Eat The Birthday Cake!
Do you know what I believe to be one of life’s greatest pleasures? Birthday cake! I don’t care if it comes from the supermarket, or a...

Rachel Cole
Aug 17, 2020
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Your Words Matter
My daughter got her wisdom teeth out today and right before the surgery I asked her, “Are you ready to have four fewer teeth in your...

Rachel Cole
Aug 10, 2020
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Patience is a Choice
I just had to share my experience from today. It was a huge lesson in choosing happiness and joy and patience instead of frustration,...

Rachel Cole
Aug 3, 2020
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It's Okay to Let Old Dreams Go
This seems counterintuitive, because everybody always says, “To achieve true happiness you have to make your dreams come true!” And this...

Rachel Cole
Jul 27, 2020
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If You Want to Feel Sorry for Yourself...Set a Timer.
There’s a great line in the movie Sixteen Candles. Samantha is upset because her family forgot about her 16th birthday and her best...

Rachel Cole
Jul 20, 2020
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It's All in How You Look At It
Or the alternate title: A Tale of Two Kitchens Several years ago when my kids were in preschool, one of the moms there was having her...

Rachel Cole
Jul 13, 2020
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Comparison is the Death of Joy
That’s a quote from Mark Twain and do I ever know this well. We are taught from a very young age what is “better” about other people and...

Rachel Cole
Jul 6, 2020
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Recipes from "Do Something" Blog
Here are some of the recipes I talked about in the “When Times Are Bleak Do Something!” blog. Rachel’s Better-Than-The- Bottle Lemony...

Rachel Cole
Jun 29, 2020
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Spend Your Free Time The Way You Like
“Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you’re supposed to.” - Susan Cain Or, more simply put, DON’T SHOULD ALL...

Rachel Cole
Jun 22, 2020
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