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How Following Doctor’s Orders Saved My Life: An Ode to Breast Cancer
By Linda A. Curtis
In Gratitude, Personal Transitions, Reclaiming Joy, The Departure Lounge, Widow's Notes
Posted October 30, 2019

How Following Doctor’s Orders Saved My Life: An Ode to Breast Cancer

This is not something I’ve shared with my broader community, but I am far enough away from my personal experience of Breast Cancer to say I’ve ‘graduated’ into the tribe of survivors. That is how [...]

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What Do You Want to Declare?
By Linda A. Curtis
In Gratitude, Honorable Closure (HC), Mindfulness, Reclaiming Joy, The Departure Lounge, Tools & Resources
Posted July 3, 2019

What Do You Want to Declare?

Perhaps you, like me are looking forward to celebrating Independence Day with a picnic feast and watching fireworks with your friends and family. As I watch the human rights atrocities at the [...]

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My New Mantra: It’s OK to Disappoint People
By Linda A. Curtis
In Forgiveness, Honorable Closure (HC), Letting Go, Personal Transitions, Shunned, The Departure Lounge
Posted November 16, 2018

My New Mantra: It’s OK to Disappoint People

By Carly Gelsinger I stood in the shower, hot water pelting down my back. What have I done?  I thought. 2018 began with the promise of excitement and the hope of tenderly held dreams coming to [...]

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‘I’m Not Angry’: – Alan Alda Says About Living With Parkinson’s
By Linda A. Curtis
In Gratitude, Honorable Closure (HC), Letting Go, Personal Transitions, Reclaiming Joy, Resolving Regrets, The Departure Lounge, Tools & Resources
Posted August 1, 2018

‘I’m Not Angry’: – Alan Alda Says About Living With Parkinson’s

Yesterday Alan Alda did a very brave and important thing: he showed us how very difficult things can propel us forward in a positive direction. Revealing he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s [...]

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How One Woman Met Betrayal with Love
By Linda A. Curtis
In Forgiveness, Honorable Closure (HC), Letting Go, Personal Transitions, Shunned, The Departure Lounge
Posted June 14, 2018

How One Woman Met Betrayal with Love

Ten years ago Lisa Schrader’s life was shattered when she discovered that her husband of twenty years had betrayed her for another woman. Through the grace of time, tears, honest reflection and [...]

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Bearing the unbearable: When a daughter shuns you
By Linda A. Curtis
In Shunned, The Departure Lounge, Tools & Resources
Posted May 10, 2018

Bearing the unbearable: When a daughter shuns you

By Janet L. Stanley, MA Editor’s note: This month’s guest post reveals this mother’s powerful insight that gave her a measure of acceptance and peace while being shunned.- LC   There are no [...]

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Editorial Calendar

Submissions are due by the last day of the month, for release the following month. For example, December submissions will be posted in January. If you have an idea for a theme and don’t see it here, please send an email to admin@lindaacurtis.com and we’ll happily consider it.

July – What is something you used to believe (or believe in) and no longer do?

August – Share a story of a negative experience in your life that unexpectedly propelled you forward in a positive, new direction.

September
– What did you learn from your biggest regret?

October
– When is it OK to disappoint another person to be true to yourself?

November
– Describe a moment that changed the way you look at life.