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(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...

Deb Penner
Mar 4, 20237 min read
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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...

Deb Penner
Feb 26, 20237 min read
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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...

Deb Penner
Feb 12, 20237 min read
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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...

Deb Penner
Dec 22, 20224 min read
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An Open Letter of Resignation
Dear world: I am writing you today on behalf of all women to say... We quit. This is your official, and only, notice. We're not offering...

Deb Penner
Nov 20, 20225 min read
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The Perfect Fit
Imagine having a life that fits you absolutely perfectly, like a suit (or a ballgown--do you) that was tailored by your fairy godmother....

Deb Penner
Nov 3, 20225 min read
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Permission, Provocation, Powerful Tools
My mission statement reads: I offer women permission, provocation, and powerful tools to find their authentic center and live joyfully...

Deb Penner
Sep 11, 20225 min read
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When Will I Learn
Snapped this pic as I was leaving for Buti yoga at Rooted Tribe...and 10 minutes later I was crying on my mat. Before class even started!...

Deb Penner
Sep 1, 20225 min read
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Defining Success: A Paucity of Perspective
The greatest suffering, I have found, results from a discord between the soundtrack of your life and the song of your soul. When your...

Deb Penner
Jul 27, 20227 min read
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A True Story, For Troubled Times
It is a frightening time to be a woman in the United States. We have not yet reached equality, still earning less than a man for doing...

Deb Penner
Jul 12, 20228 min read
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Dear Body
My friend, fellow coach, and spiritual mentor Hillary Lester recently posted something that hit me right in the guts. It was a letter she...

Deb Penner
Jun 27, 20223 min read
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Mine To Carry
I start my mornings with a meditation. I begin by grounding myself, connecting with Earth energy. Next I extend myself heavenward,...

Deb Penner
Jun 14, 20225 min read
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Reclaiming My Voice
At the spring session of my FEnomenon women's retreat, writing instructor Rita Brown led us in a revealing exercise she called Reclaiming...

Deb Penner
Jun 3, 20226 min read
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The Land of And
As I reflect on the most recent miles in my personal journey, and help my clients to do the same, I am increasingly aware that most of us...

Deb Penner
May 25, 20229 min read
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The Road to Om
Meditation is a part of my everyday life. But if you were to rewind just a few years and tell my past self that bit of news, she'd laugh...

Deb Penner
Apr 24, 202210 min read
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Prison Break
Most people are trapped, many unknowingly, in a dank and dingy prison. The walls are high and tattooed with graffiti: names and dates,...

Deb Penner
Apr 15, 20228 min read
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Everything Will Be OK
These are troubled times. We're still reeling from a global pandemic the scope of which most have never experienced. As this act played...

Deb Penner
Mar 24, 20227 min read
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If You Choose Not to Decide...
...you still have made a choice. Such is the wisdom of rock music, and these words are no less true than if they been penned by Confucius...

Deb Penner
Mar 18, 20227 min read
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Court Is In Session
In every moment of every day, your brain is holding court. It is passing judgement, not on other people or the quality of your lunch...

Deb Penner
Feb 4, 20229 min read
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The Buddha & The Toddler
All struggle in life can be traced back to one thing: misalignment with your authentic self, your true nature, a failure to hear your...

Deb Penner
Jan 22, 20229 min read
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