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Week 52: Reflecting Upon the Unfolding of Your Truest Self [Loveable 053]
"Your true self folded in upon itself never ceases to be your truest you. Your soul is bigger and more...
Week 51: How All This Passion, Pain, and Courage Add Up to Joy [Loveable 052]
"Fear about the future becomes bravery in the present becomes joy in hindsight. Joy is knowing you can be scared...
The Best Reason to Do Scary Things
I used to hide on the floor of the car. When I was seven, and our family crossed the vast...
Week 50: The Courage to Fail [Loveable 051]
"Courage is ignoring the jeers and feeling the fears. Courage is returning to the edge of our comfort zone and...
Let’s Be Grateful for What We Cannot See
This blog space was birthed out of gratitude. In 2011, I was in the midst of a reckoning with my...
Week 49: What to Do When Our Feelings Are Lying to Us [Loveable 050]
"Life is a gift in terrifying disguise, and we are here to open it, until we find the still-quiet place in...
Week 48: The Good Life vs. the Redemptive Life [Loveable 049]
The so-called good life is a hollow promise. It’s empty of the things we desire most, like passion, purpose, and...
This Is How to Find Your Place in the Family of Things
This year, the maples all turned purple. They usually die all at once in an explosion of blood red and...
Week 47: What a Life of Vulnerability Really Looks Like [Loveable 048]
"We are healed when we reveal our mess to another and put our real self on the line. When we connect in our...
Let’s Stop Dismissing Our Young People (Our Decency May Depend Upon It)
My son recently pointed out how much I break the law. At first, I resisted what he had to say....
Week 46: You Aren’t Here to Be More Happy (You Are Here to Be More You) [Loveable 047]
"Life doesn’t have an easy setting. Remembering who you are isn’t an all-or-nothing endeavor. It’s not a pass-fail assignment. The...
Week 45: Why the Most Mundane Life Is Sometimes the Most Passionate Life [Loveable 046]
"Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work." –Gustave Flaubert In...
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Dr. Kelly Flanagan is a psychologist, author, consultant, and speaker who enjoys walking with people through the three essentials of a truly satisfying life: worthiness, belonging, and purpose. His blog writings have been featured in Reader’s Digest, The Huffington Post, The 5 Love Languages, and the TODAY Show. Kelly is the author of Loveable and True Companions.
