Life, Interrupted
"Ma'am? Can you hear me? 9-1-1 is on the way. Are you injured? Can you hear me?" The world is off its axis. Or perhaps I am off of mine?...
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Deb Penner
- Aug 8
- 7 min
Trustfall
Last month I took the most bold and brave action of my life. Following the call of my soul and Divine guidance, I left a beautiful home...
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Deb Penner
- May 29
- 6 min
To All The Girls I've Loved Before
Ah, hindsight. That crystalline surface in which everything is so clearly reflected. But a mirror is just a piece of glass until the...
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Deb Penner
- Apr 8
- 6 min
Eenie, Meenie, Miney...Me
Life is full of choices. Some of them are of small consequence in the big picture. Decaf? Half-calf? Extra caff? Take the express lane,...
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Deb Penner
- Mar 7
- 7 min
Unfurling
Unfurl: to make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to become open to the wind. Unfurling is my word...
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Deb Penner
- Feb 10
- 6 min
Lane Departure Warning
Hi. My name is Deb, and I'm a recovering force-aholic. I don't say these words lightly, and they contain no mocking for those in twelve...
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Deb Penner
- Jan 17
- 5 min
Flavor of the Day
I am under construction. Parts of my life are undergoing heavy demolition, while other areas are receiving a facelift. New additions are...
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Deb Penner
- Jan 2
- 3 min
Dear Me, Love, Me
It is New Year's Eve, 2023. Massive changes are afoot in my world. I am walking at sunset with one of my dogs, and it occurs to me that...
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Deb Penner
- Nov 27, 2023
- 6 min
Volumes
The journal prompt: write about something left unsaid. Something I left unsaid? Something? Just one thing? To choose something, a thing,...
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Deb Penner
- Oct 7, 2023
- 5 min
Event Horizon
I have one word to describe how late summer 2023 felt for me: weird. That was often my reply to the daily questions. How are you? Weird....
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Deb Penner
- Aug 5, 2023
- 7 min
Your Timeline is Irrelevant
The things you can learn from a virus. In late spring of 2021, months after I had COVID for the first time, I received Reiki and an...
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Deb Penner
- Jul 10, 2023
- 8 min
Again. And Again. And Once More.
I have surrendered more times than the most well-loved army of tiny plastic men in the hands of the most gregarious 6 year-old backyard...
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Deb Penner
- May 19, 2023
- 6 min
#notsorry
I'm sorry, I have a question. I'm sorry, I have something to say. I'm sorry, could you repeat that? I'm sorry I bumped into you. I'm...
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Deb Penner
- May 7, 2023
- 5 min
Mirror, Mirror
The human lens is inherently distorted. We are unable to see, to perceive, without filtering what is seen through a unique set of...
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Deb Penner
- Apr 16, 2023
- 8 min
Level Up
I don't know about you, but I catch myself thinking that a person's evolution (namely mine) should be linear. In this expected cycle,...
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Deb Penner
- Mar 29, 2023
- 9 min
Humbled
It is said that what you are seeking is also seeking you. There are times when it finds you, even though you'd forgotten you were...
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Deb Penner
- Mar 4, 2023
- 7 min
(Don't) Avert Your Eyes
I was blessed to hear the most delightful story not long ago. A fellow fempreneur asked me to speak at an event she was hosting. She...
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Deb Penner
- Feb 26, 2023
- 7 min
Unloading Your $#!+
We've all got some. Many people call it baggage. My last therapist referred to it as "opportunities for growth," language I borrow when...
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Deb Penner
- Feb 12, 2023
- 7 min
Free Play
I have been screwing up. Royally. And I've been feeling it. Scared. Confused. Wrestling with doubt and lack. Spinning in circles, taking...
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Deb Penner
- Dec 22, 2022
- 4 min
Huck Fustle
In her most recent book, The Way of Integrity, Martha Beck offers this sage advice: "If whatever you're doing isn't working, don't do it...
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