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Why I’m Glad My Daughter Got Kicked in the Face with a Soccer Ball
Several years ago, when my daughter was five, she played soccer and got kicked in the shin during a game....
Week 44: The Beauty of Becoming a Quitter [Loveable 045]
"Sometimes, life gets too cramped to move in any new direction. Sometimes, the direction we need to go is backward. Sometimes, the...
Week 43: Don’t Do Something More Meaningful (Do Something More You) [Loveable 044]
"If you were given permission to simply be more you, what would you do? Start speaking up? Standing up? Standing out?...
This Is Why Your Definition of Success Might Be Keeping You Stuck (And Here's a Better Definition)
One morning, I won a bunch of gold medals on my first try. When I ride my bike, I use...
Week 42: Don’t Try to Be More Extraordinary (Try to Be More Human) [Loveable 043]
"Yes, the extraordinary is a gift some of us receive at rare, fleeting moments. But our humanity is the ordinary gift we are,...
Week 41: How Five Senseless Days Could Make Sense of the Rest of Your Days [Loveable042]
In the words of Frederick Buechner, "Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the...
School Is Back in but It Was Never Really Out (and This Is Why That Matters)
It’s nearing the end of summer vacation, and I’m out of ideas. For my kids, ages eight and ten and...
Week 40: How Hopelessness Can Become Our Best Hope [Loveable041]
"Hope can be a beautiful thing, because it gives us direction and imbues our lives with a sense of purpose...
Week 39: The Blessing of Being Unfinished [Loveable 040]
"We have a list of things we think must be accomplished inside of us before we can start taking risks outside of...
Week 38: What If a Resurrected Life Isn’t as Impossible as It May Seem? [Loveable 039]
"Sometimes the simplest, most elegant, most life-changing solutions are right in front of our noses. But we can’t see them,...
The Question at the Heart of Every Parent-Teen Relationship
His silence is driving me crazy. For two months, we’ve been dropping him off at the local community theater for...
Week 37: When You Think You Don’t Know How to Live [Loveable 038]
"Sometimes, joy is simply undone things finally lived. We need to keep the door of our hearts open, so we can...
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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.
