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    Eat. Drink. Spark! and the (re)Discover Your Spark retreat is coming to Hopkins, MN in October!

    September 15, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Calling everyone in the Twin Cities area to an #extraordinary Eat. Drink. Spark! dinner + 1-day Discover Your Spark retreat coming OCTOBER 20 AND 21. When I met Kathleen Crandall earlier this summer, I knew I was going to like her, but then she suggested we work together with our programs and offered to host a 2-part, three-ways-to-engage opportunity, and I’m so excited! I can’t wait to see you there! OPTION ONE: Eat. Drink. Spark! FRIDAY DINNER What: The Eat. Drink. Spark! Dinner experience includes the beginning of Discover Your Spark work, a sumptuous 3-course meal prepared by a chef from Minneapolis-based chef Jo Seddon’s team, complemented by three exclusive Spark cocktails or NA cocktails, if…

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    September 15, 2023 / 0 Comments

    The point is, the great majority of us are doing the best we can in the time of life we're in. Could I be doing more to be intentional and manifesting and letting go? Could I be stretching more? Could I stop eating mindless treats at 2:30 every afternoon? Probably.

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    Discover Your Couple’s SOBER Spark experience (virtual)

    August 19, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Dr Marry and I are fresh from coming off a very successful Eat. Drink. Spark! Couple’s experience. It went so well that we’re launching our next Discover Your Couple’s SOBER Spark virtual event. Find everything you need to know here and then sign up to join us for a fun, informative and informal date night on Saturday, October 7 from 7-9pm CDT. October might feel like it’s a long way off, but we all know how fast the fall goes once it gets back into the swing of it. This experience is a fabulous night of connecting with yourself, your partner and with other couples where one or both are…

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  • Personal Writing

    Moving fast to slow down

    July 13, 2023 / 0 Comments

    I grew up with a mother who valued speed and quickness above almost all else. We needed to move quickly, as in, “I’m in the car—get out here NOW!” We needed to quickly catch a clever story. And it was expected that we be clever, speedy deliverers ourselves. We needed to not get caught up in too many details. My mother (and I often) almost loses her mind to watch my son, who feels little to none of this urgency, butter his toast. He literally covers the entire surface in a measured, level way regardless the time it takes. My mother slaps butter on in a kind of haphazard fashion…

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    What scares you?

    July 8, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Whatever Sparks you discover, there are easy ways to get started now. Ways that don't have to be time or money intensive; don't ask you to leave your job; don't expect you to upend your life. But, and this is important: YOU have to do the work to Discover Your Sparks. They will rarely demand your attention. The pilot light in the stove never flares unless it's turned on; rather, it burns steadily and out of sight until it's asked to do more.

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    June 24, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Maybe you've never felt supported, never felt like you're a "bloom where you are planted" kind of person. Maybe you believe you're not all that remarkable but are filled to the brim with so, so ordinary. Perhaps you're certain there's a finite pie of success, and there's clearly no slice for you.

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    June 10, 2023 / 0 Comments

    [Steven Pressfield] notes, “Artists have invoked the Muse since time immemorial. There is great wisdom to this. There is magic to effacing our human arrogance and humbly entreating help from a source we cannot see, hear, touch, or smell” (119).

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    What’s your origin story?

    May 5, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Origin stories are all over our media landscape today. Everything from (practically) every Marvel and DC character to the Bridgerton, Star Trek and Star Wars series to the musical Wicked are taking us backwards in time to where the characters we first met at one stage of their lives began. It’s an interesting concept to consider for yourself, too. How in the world did you end up…here? Just consider one aspect of your life. For instance, how did you end up with your current/last partner? Example A (for love) Here’s the quick origin story of how I got to Dr Marry: To avoid teaching after completing an English secondary education…

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    Taking off…but to where?

    April 28, 2023 / 0 Comments

    The end of one thing is always the beginning of something else. And there's almost always good and less-than-good with each transition. Many of our "taking off" experiences are "both and" moments. I'm happy AND sad. I'm terrified AND excited.

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    It’s not the size of your Spark that matters

    April 8, 2023 / 0 Comments

    These conversations also got me thinking about my day-to-day Sparks. The little, seemingly insignificant ones that actually play an important role in my life. Am I talking enough about those to help others see how this work fits into their life? Do you see how Spark work fits into your life? Or have you read posts, watched livestreams and said, "Wow, that's amazing, but it's not for me." or "I don't have that kind of Spark." or "I'm afraid of what I'll discover (and maybe have to change) if I go 'there,' so I'll just stay in my ok life and miss the opportunity for more."?

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