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Career Transition: Select the industry you want to work in…

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What if you accepted the idea that you are amazing just the way you are. Then nothing would get in the way of your success! My son just graduated from high school and throughout his high school years he decided he was going to be a fire fighter.  He attended fire service [...]

Shoe Drive for Soles4Souls

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I am a member of the Seattle Chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers.  We are sponsoring a show drive in collaboration with Soles4Souls – http://www.soles4souls.org/.  Their mission is to collect shoes and get them to those in need, in the US and around the world.  They began in 2004, just after the [...]

I can do Life by myself is a lie….

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I can do life by myself is a lie — It takes a tribe to make it happen.

One of the greatest life lessons I learned hiking the West Coast Trail is it’s okay to ask for help from my team to navigate a big hike.  “Ask and you shall receive” is the motto.  [...]

Lessons learned from Hiking the West Coast Trail

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Following where the trail leads you…

When I began this journey of hiking the West Coast Trail I thought it was impossible and it was sure craziness for me to try.  According to Tom Bodett, “In school you’re taught a lesson and then given a test.  In life, you’re give a test that [...]

The Evacuation

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Being rescued on the beach

We woke up the next morning at 5 am and the tides stretched out for miles.  We packed up our gear and walked next store with ease.  My sense of nature winning this battle was not not lost on me.  The family of 10 and the twenty year [...]

The Accident

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Woody hiking on the beach

It was nearing the end of the day towards 7 pm and we had hiked most of the day on the beach.  Woody was responsible for watching the tide tables and if the tides were coming up where we could not hike on the beach anymore we would [...]

Testing My Abilities

Share Hiking on slate rock on the West Coast Trail

As we hiked along the beach we were enthralled with the beauty of this area. Walking for miles in sand and pea gravel was like treading in water or deep snow with no snow shoes. I had trained hard and I dug in with [...]

Walking for Janice

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July 20 – Day 4 – Part 1

My sister Janice, cancer survivor

When I began this journey I was pretty scared that this was an impossible feat and the literature even said, “More than 100 seriously injured hikers are evacuated every season.  …incidents of injury and hypothermia could lead to death”… So [...]

Creating Community on the trail

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July 19 – Day 3

Woody, Puce, Theresa and Lawrence

As the days progressed on our quest to finish 47 miles on the West Coast Trail we kept running into a family of 10 and two young men, Pius from Switzerland and Lawrence from Vancouver BC.  The boys were in their 20′s [...]

Finding our Groove

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July 18 – Day 2

Riding the Trolly Car across the river!

Long day of hiking 8 or 9 miles depending on who you ask.  Theresa called it the “Monster March” – 11 am to 8 pm.  We started thinking of different names we could call our team — Impossible Headbands” for the [...]

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Clear You Clutter Transform your Life

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The Truth of Me

Rummaging through the closet of my mind
Searching and searching but have yet to find
The truth of me.
Although I know that it is in there
A garment I want so desperately to wear
Just hiding from me
I quickly discard a few remnants from my past
And toss some borrowed and donated pieces out fast
But still the truth evades me
I haven't made the slightly scratch nor dent
Cause the clutter and garbage is omnipresent
Deeply burying the reality of me
I hastily decide to throw it all away
Realizing that none of it came home here to stay
Just a temporary illusion of me
I found what I need in the closet's core
Now, I don't have to search no more
And I can be free.

Dr. Melody Ivory
MelodyIvory.com