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Oct 22
4 min

My Pee and Sugar Revelations

I remember frantically looking for my mother all throughout the house. My desperation growing by the second, until my little girl bladder...

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Leslie Merrell

Oct 20
5 min

How Far?

This is not one of those inspirational stories about the woman who overcame great challenges in order to hike to the top of a 14,446 foot...

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Leslie Merrell

Oct 13
2 min

Feeling Turkey-ish

I spent this last weekend with a small group of amazing women--fellow coaches, and fellow believers. There were fantastic speakers and a...

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Leslie Merrell

Oct 6
4 min

Just ... me

As a young 20 year old woman, I chose to serve a mission for my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I had 3 older br...

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Leslie Merrell

Sep 21
2 min

Lost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And I took the wrong one. I didn't even know I was no longer on the right path. I didn't even know t...

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Leslie Merrell

Jul 2
2 min

Your Future Self

I saw a clever video recently where a lady is visited by her 4-months-in-the-future self. She hilariously tries to give herself advice, k...

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Leslie Merrell

Jun 17
1 min

The Truth about Courage

Courage is such a desirable attribute. But, I think sometimes we mistakenly glorify what courage feels like. The truth is, courage feels ...

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Leslie Merrell

Jun 12
2 min

Crastination

I love words! I love looking up definitions, even of common words, and finding new insights from them. Imagine my delight in discovering ...

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Leslie Merrell

May 6
2 min

Today I Did Sad

Today I did sad. I didn't want to do sad. I didn't plan to do sad. I didn't enjoy doing sad. But I needed to do sad. My sleep last nig...

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How to be Terrifically Miserable in 3 Easy Steps

Leslie Merrell

May 2
2 min

How to be Terrifically Miserable in 3 Easy Steps

Step 1 Make other people's behavior about you. Examples: your child has a bad grade, or your spouse doesn't take out the trash, or your f...

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Leslie Merrell

Apr 29
2 min

'Here' vs. 'There'

When I was 23 years old, I was about as busy as I’ve ever been. I was working about 30 hours a week, finishing up massage therapy school w...

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Leslie Merrell

Apr 25
2 min

The Price of Dreams

Your brain. It is a gift to you from God. With it, you can create the life you want. With it, you can learn anything. With it, you can s...

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Leslie Merrell

Apr 22
1 min

Are YOU Worried?

There is much that is different from what we had come to expect. There is much that is unknown about what is to come. Some opportunities ...

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Leslie Merrell

Apr 21
2 min

Feelings Are Fuel

There is actually not much that compares in importance to feelings, or emotions. Why? Well, because feelings are the fuel for ALL of our ...

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Leslie Merrell

Apr 17
2 min

Break Patterns of Negative Self-talk

Start by writing down all of the thoughts — uncensored. If you’re like me, this alone will take practice, because I would edit everything...

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Thoughts, not circumstances, create our feelings

Leslie Merrell

Apr 17
1 min

Thoughts, not circumstances, create our feelings

From our childhood, we are taught and conditioned to believe that we are responsible for causing other people’s feelings and/or that exte...

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