Tag: Sharing My Thoughts
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H&W|Calling Off: Workplace Culture & Policy (Part 2)
🌻 Seasoned SoulZ Health & Wellness Reflection Calling Off: Workplace Culture & Policy 🌻 (Part 2) In Part 1, I shared how I’ve learned to honor my health and stay home when I’m sick. It’s taken me years—and a little wisdom from the younger generation—to understand that calling off isn’t weakness, it’s responsibility. But this…
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H&W|DAY 3 of Being Sick|Honoring Rest and Health at Work 🌻
🌻 Seasoned SoulZ Health & Wellness Reflection Learning to Call Off: Honoring Rest and Health at Work 🌻 There was a time when I would have pushed myself to go to work no matter how sick I felt. That’s the way I was raised—your responsibilities came first, and you only called off if you were…
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Life|🌙 Sunday Evening Reflection
🌙 Sunday Evening Reflection The sky outside my front window glows, while life and music carry on below. I hold both the quiet and the joy. 🌻
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Life|65|Seattle SuperSonics 🏀
🌻 Seattle’s Sonics: A Piece of Home Still Missing When I was a child and into my early 20s, Seattle had a basketball team — the Seattle SuperSonics. Watching the games with my family was part of life, part of home. Coming up, it felt like the Sonics were always around, always active in the…
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Blog Challenge|What Gives Me Energy
What things give you energy? 🌻 What Things Give You Energy? It varies depending on the day and the purpose of the day. Once I determine the why, I’m better at identifying what I need. I’ve learned that I can give myself the energy — when once upon a time, I sought it from the…
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Life|Kindnes|🌻 Learning From a Patient
🌻 Kindness in Conversation: Learning From a Patient Opening Reflection Sometimes kindness isn’t about big gestures—it’s about listening, being curious, and showing genuine interest in someone’s story. The Encounter🌻 Today, a patient told me that the windows in our clinic are sash windows. He explained how they worked, and it sparked a memory of my…
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Life|Assassination: From Edwin Pratt to Charlie Kirk
Assassination: From Edwin Pratt to Charlie Kirk A Seasoned Souls Reflection — Lady Flava When I was a little girl, about nine years old, the world I knew changed. My father’s close friend and colleague, Edwin T. Pratt, was assassinated outside his home in Shoreline, Washington. My parents had recently shared dinner with the Pratt…
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Life|65|Speaking It Out Loud — how I make sense, then let it go
Speaking It Out Loud — how I make sense, then let it go A Seasoned-Soul Reflection — Lady Flava There’s a small miracle in saying things out loud. When I whisper the knot in my chest into words, it stops being a mysterious weight and starts to look like something I can name, hold, and…
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Life|65|My Age + Covid = Lessons Learned
Lessons From Living and Working Through COVID I will say this: I appreciate being my age. I appreciate the diverse work experiences that have shaped me. They’ve given me a way of processing what’s in front of me, of predicting the next steps, of knowing what tools are needed to stay on track. They’ve also…

