Dear Reader,

It's Friday, and you flexed your talents this week!

Most Fridays, we are so anxious to get to Saturday that we don't stop and reflect on the ways that we "flexed" during the week. Whether it was your talents, strength, relationships, skills, communication, influence, or leadership, I'm sure you flexed in an important way.
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Pictured above is my sister, Lauri. As you may have guessed, she is a medal-winning powerlifter. She is also an award-winning respiratory therapist serving patients in a rural hospital, a mom, and a student.

When I think of strength, I think of Lauri and the resilience she shows each day. This week, she is flexing a different kind of strength as her child, Jo, heads off to college. For those of us who have dropped our first child off at college, we know it takes a lot of strength—and a few tears—to get through it.

For those of you flexing in other ways this week, I salute you! Here are a few flexes I've heard from my clients over the past couple of weeks:
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• "I earned a Master's Degree!"
• "I am less emotionally charged when I don't hear a response."
• "I am going on a 10-day vision quest!"
• "I'm in the running for a new job!"
• "This afternoon was a significant healing moment for me!"
• "I made sizeable progress this summer - because of you."

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As you are reading this, I want you to PAUSE. Take one minute and write down one "flex" you had this week. Then take another minute to recognize yourself for it.
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Thinking of you and wishing you a wonderful weekend! Keep flexing!