
I have been living on the edge of something for a while, something elusive and fearful, something powerful but terrifying. I was stuck in a dark, constricted, oppressive space which seemed without end. I had no words to express what I was on the edge of, or how it felt.
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I was recently at the home of my mentor Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, along with a group of beloved physicians committed to finding meaning in medicine, and we were talking about living with your mistakes.
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What are you here on this earth to do?
How will the world be better because you were in it?
What legacy do you hope to leave behind?
What are you called to do with this one wild and precious life?
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For a couple of months, about three years ago, I was depressed. A profoundly rainy San Francisco winter, coupled with the heartbreak of yet another failed relationship, just left me feeling blue. Three-thousand miles from my family and my closest, oldest friends, it also left me crying in jags, with a lonely, nagging ache inside.
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My name is Jennifer Boykin, and my mission is to rebrand the word “crone.”
Actually, what I MOST want to do is create a community of a gazillion gorgeous and glam mid-life women who can’t wait to become known as “The Crone to Watch!”
Here’s how that began:
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My daughter forgot, yet again, to turn in her extra-credit points to her teacher. I believe this little tidbit became the launching point of my rant. It’s hard to know for sure; tirades are not meant for dissection:
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It’s nice to be back in California after a very exciting trip to my old college campus to do a keynote, my hometown to talk at a bookstore and the nation's capitol to do an in-house training.
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I hate not knowing.
My birthday and Christmas were great growing up. The part that has always sucked, though, has been the waiting to open the gifts wrapped prettily with my name on them. The Not Knowing while I had to wait to discover what was in that pretty wrapping paper was more agonizing than the thrill of finally getting my chance.
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Have you been “putting it out there” to the Universe and getting nothing in return?
If that’s the case, there are two things you’re probably doing wrong.
As you undoubtedly know, the Law of Attraction states: "I attract to my life whatever I give my energy, focus, and attention to, whether wanted or unwanted". Or put even more simply, “Energy flows where attention goes.”
A lot of people think the Law of Attraction is a hoax because they don’t believe you can just ask and receive whatever it is that you want. And that’s true.
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Do you consider yourself a victim? A survivor? How about a thriver? While the word survivor conveys a positive outcome to a tragedy, upon reading the definitions of the word awhile ago, I realized I wasn’t satisfied with calling myself, a survivor, despite my many tragedies. I insist on the word thriver. How about you?
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