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Lies That Make You Think You’re Fat…And How To Beat Them

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Sundi Jo is a writer, speaker, and small business owner. She is the author of the free eBook, Step Away from that Diet, sharing tips from her 145 lb. weight loss. You can easily find her writing at the local coffee shop in a pair of jeans and flip-flops. Find Sundi Jo on Facebook or Twitter (@sundijo). Peer pressure is at an all time high these days. I can’t prove it, but I feel it in my bones. Despite losing 145 pounds, I still fight it every day.   Turn the TV on and you’ll see sex everywhere. Skinny chicks strut through every commercial. If […]

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On The Road Again

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Literally, and in the blog sense. Today, I’m visiting the Adventures in Missions offices in Gainesville, Georgia to finally meet the amazing marketing team that I serve with, and I’m also virtually visiting while my friend Jim Woods of UnknownJim.com anticipates the arrival of his new baby boy! My post for Jim is called One Dreamer’s Map to the Promised Land: Once upon a time, Christine lived a nice normal busy life. Great career, family, two cars and a house. Living the dream. Except the dream was a nightmare. Not the “chased by monsters” kind, but the “constant dread of […]

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How To Punch A Hater In The Face

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Haters are everywhere. I hear about them from bloggers I admire and I fear the day a hater shows up in my comments. I hear about them from my kids and it leaps to a whole new level. My heart breaks. I want to punch them in the face.   Haters are the black cloud in a clear blue sky. They will bitch and whine about anything. Everything. “I wanted a yellow Ferrari, not a red one. You suck.” They hide behind clever pseudonyms and fake facebook accounts; they strike and slither away into deep, dark holes. They are no […]

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The Evolution of Christmas

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Does anyone remember the JCPenney Catalog?  In The Days Before The Internet?   When I was a kid, I invested hours circling items that I wanted. The catalog was as big as a phone book and showed a picture of every thing that had ever been made. If it existed, it was available in that catalog. And I circled it. My family went to church, and I knew Christmas was about Jesus’ birthday.  But it was also about the stuff.  Sneaking down to get my stocking before anyone else was up.  Finding millions of gifts piled under the tree.  Peeking at […]

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What Gets You Riled Up?

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Every once in a while, I look in the mirror. I look into the eyes of the woman looking back into mine, and I wonder who she is and what makes her tick? What gets her riled up? (Yeah, I’m a little weird, I know. Just humor me, ok?)   What I mean is that every once in a while, I’m prompted to take stock of how I’m living. How well I’m using the gifts that I’ve been given. How well I’m making the world a better place. How well I’m doing with the opportunities that cross my path. And […]

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