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Deb Penner
Dec 22, 20224 min read
Huck Fustle
In her most recent book, The Way of Integrity, Martha Beck offers this sage advice: "If whatever you're doing isn't working, don't do it...
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Deb Penner
Nov 20, 20225 min read
An Open Letter of Resignation
Dear world: I am writing you today on behalf of all women to say... We quit. This is your official, and only, notice. We're not offering...
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Deb Penner
Nov 3, 20225 min read
The Perfect Fit
Imagine having a life that fits you absolutely perfectly, like a suit (or a ballgown--do you) that was tailored by your fairy godmother....
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Deb Penner
Sep 11, 20225 min read
Permission, Provocation, Powerful Tools
My mission statement reads: I offer women permission, provocation, and powerful tools to find their authentic center and live joyfully...
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Deb Penner
Sep 1, 20225 min read
When Will I Learn
Snapped this pic as I was leaving for Buti yoga at Rooted Tribe...and 10 minutes later I was crying on my mat. Before class even started!...
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Deb Penner
Jul 27, 20227 min read
Defining Success: A Paucity of Perspective
The greatest suffering, I have found, results from a discord between the soundtrack of your life and the song of your soul. When your...
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Deb Penner
Jul 12, 20228 min read
A True Story, For Troubled Times
It is a frightening time to be a woman in the United States. We have not yet reached equality, still earning less than a man for doing...
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Deb Penner
Jun 27, 20223 min read
Dear Body
My friend, fellow coach, and spiritual mentor Hillary Lester recently posted something that hit me right in the guts. It was a letter she...
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Deb Penner
Jun 14, 20225 min read
Mine To Carry
I start my mornings with a meditation. I begin by grounding myself, connecting with Earth energy. Next I extend myself heavenward,...
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Deb Penner
Jun 3, 20226 min read
Reclaiming My Voice
At the spring session of my FEnomenon women's retreat, writing instructor Rita Brown led us in a revealing exercise she called Reclaiming...
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Deb Penner
May 25, 20229 min read
The Land of And
As I reflect on the most recent miles in my personal journey, and help my clients to do the same, I am increasingly aware that most of us...
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Deb Penner
Apr 24, 202210 min read
The Road to Om
Meditation is a part of my everyday life. But if you were to rewind just a few years and tell my past self that bit of news, she'd laugh...
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Deb Penner
Apr 15, 20228 min read
Prison Break
Most people are trapped, many unknowingly, in a dank and dingy prison. The walls are high and tattooed with graffiti: names and dates,...
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Deb Penner
Mar 24, 20227 min read
Everything Will Be OK
These are troubled times. We're still reeling from a global pandemic the scope of which most have never experienced. As this act played...
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Deb Penner
Mar 18, 20227 min read
If You Choose Not to Decide...
...you still have made a choice. Such is the wisdom of rock music, and these words are no less true than if they been penned by Confucius...
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Deb Penner
Feb 4, 20229 min read
Court Is In Session
In every moment of every day, your brain is holding court. It is passing judgement, not on other people or the quality of your lunch...
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Deb Penner
Jan 22, 20229 min read
The Buddha & The Toddler
All struggle in life can be traced back to one thing: misalignment with your authentic self, your true nature, a failure to hear your...
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Deb Penner
Jan 15, 202214 min read
Cleaning Closets
I've realized something recently...I've been waiting for something, something that may never come to pass. I've been holding my breath,...
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Deb Penner
Dec 31, 202111 min read
Sisyphus Had it Easy
Imagine an eternity spent straining to push a heavy boulder uphill, agonizing through each step, inching your way up the incline, only to...
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Deb Penner
Dec 23, 20216 min read
Dear Diary
Note: This post was debuted in an unedited form on the No Politics, Just People podcast with Matt Brooks. Every morning I spend time in...
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