Welcome to… 1/2 Dozen Powerful Thoughts
We are a team of empowering, courageous women who want to share our stories with you. We are located across Michigan, USA.
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We want to share content and information that will make you smile, look at things in new ways, or maybe even have you learn something new along the way. We have shared so much with each other over the years, and now want to share with you.
Blog 16 - A Mother’s Words
As we roll around to Mother’s Day, it makes me think back about all the advice my own mother gave me. Sometimes advice was in her words, in her actions or the way she lived her life. I have learned over the years that I won’t ever have the perfect advice, or say the right things at the right time, but being there, sharing my experiences, or just listening is sometimes the most meaningful.
Blog 15 - This One’s for the Girls…
Blog 14 - Be Impeccable with your Word
Blog 13 - Good Intentions Don’t Always Translate to Good Outcomes
The past year I have really been evaluating my life. I am the epitome of the person with good intentions who feels like they just do not do what they intend to do. The quote by Trishna Damodar “A good intention requires the support of a good action in order to translate into a positive outcome! This is so me this past year or more. Maybe even longer. It’s like a vicious circle. I just cannot seem to get off the Merry Go Round. It’s like I know what I need to do. I study it, I research it, I save ideas and I think this will work. I try things, I hate them, I discard them, and here I am, months later, no further ahead. AGH!!!! I am Charlie Brown – feeling forever frustrated.
Blog 12 - What is under my control?
The last two years have felt like I do not have much control over my life. I have spent much of it isolated from my family and friends, watched family and friends get sick and could do nothing, worried about getting sick myself and adjusted my life and work around zoom meetings and video calls. It would be very easy to focus on someone or something to blame. I want to share with you the biggest thing that has kept me going during this time
Blog 11 - Win You Every Day
I think many of the ½ Dozen Powerful Thoughts bloggers have written about the importance of relationships, whether that be a friend, co-worker, or partner. We all know that relationships take investment of time, which requires prioritization. We don’t like to think of maintaining relationships as work. It just sounds, well, awful! But it is work!
Blog 10 - More than a dozen of “½ Dozen Powerful Thoughts” Valentine Gifts That Don’t Cost a Thing
With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching the idea of having to come up with something creative that doesn’t cost a thing can be tough. This Blog is meant to help generate lots of ideas that really speak…. I Love You without costing a thing.
Blog 9 - Don’t Put Off Until Tomorrow…
Each of us at some point has delayed what we really want to do, putting it off until “tomorrow”. The reason behind this delay may be for valid reasons such as job constraints, raising kids, financial limitations, or just the fear of the unknown.
Blog 8 - Finding My People
We all know a person who, no matter where they go, they run into someone they know. Someone who is genuinely happy to see them. I am not one of those people.
Blog 7 - God is Good
My oldest daughter was 4 when she became very ill. It took days to get a diagnosis, by then she was in the hospital and wasn’t showing signs of improvement. We were living in Germany at the time, so my family wasn't around for support. I was completely lost.
Blog 6 - Write Your Own Headlines
Living in our current world is hard sometimes! We face each day with 24/7 news and social media talking about politics, the pandemic, natural disasters, countries in conflict, and violence in general. It can be emotionally draining.
Blog 5 - Be at Peace With Yourself
I have spent much of my life wondering and worrying about what others thought about me. I tried to be perfect. That meant acting in the way I thought others expected of me.
Blog 4 - Finding That Silver-lining
We each have our daily struggles and challenges that sometimes seem overwhelming. We wonder why does this always happen to me? Even our family and friends let us down, leaving us feeling frustrated, disappointed, and unhappy.
What if in these moments we stepped back and tried to find the silver-lining?
Blog 3 - Don’t Eat Yellow Snow
I wish for every child, the experiences I had with my grandparents as a child.
Blog 2 - Leave Them More Than Things….
Something happens to you when your children leave the home and life settles down.
Blog 1 - Kindness Makes you Strong
Can we all be just a little bit kinder…
