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Twenty Years of Stories

This is the archive: two decades of questions, lessons, and moments worth writing down. I don't publish here much anymore, but I do still write about my life today, what I'm up to, travel, family, work insights, and more. If you want the current stuff, that's what the newsletters are for and I'd love for you to subscribe.

You Set the Climate

Faith· Leadership· Speaking

Thermometer or Thermostat? from Julie Lyles Carr on Vimeo. We do have an ability to impact our home, relationship and work environments for the better. Do you know if you’re a thermometer…or a thermostat? (via)

Living Well Spending Less!

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Today’s the day! The release of Ruth Soukup’s new book Living Well Spending Less! Ruth delves into the heart of why we have become such a consumer-driven culture and the havoc it can wreak on our inner spiritual lives, our bank accounts, the chaotic cluttered state of our homes and in raising up the next generation. In a society that…
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Mental Snapshot

Faith· Leadership· Speaking

A Mental Snapshot from Julie Lyles Carr on Vimeo. I need to practice what I’m preachin’ here…but in the midst of the holiday prep, take a look around. Take a mental snapshot. Live these moments. Don’t let the busy steal them.

The Gift of Dance

Dance· Non Profit· Question· Special Needs

As this year comes barreling to its finish (seriously, how is Christmas next week? And then the New Year?!? I’ve just finally gotten better at writing ‘2014’ on my checks!), I’d love to encourage you to finish off your Christmas shopping with just one more gift. You can give the gift of dance. To a bunch of kids who treasure…
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Ghosts of Christmas Past: 4 Strategies for the Holidays

Faith

It doesn’t pair well with visions of sugar plums, candy canes and stockings. But the holidays can be a time of sadness, of loss, of depression for many people. The traditions and highly recognizable signs of the season, those things we find so beloved, can also be the very things that trigger the darker emotions inside us. As many of…
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