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Category Archives: life
My Happy Place
Growing up, I do not remember ever cooking with anyone. Not my mother, not my grandmothers, not anyone. What I do remember is the many good meals I had at the home of my youth group leaders, Jean and Marshall … Continue reading
Posted in family, life, SAUCE, service
Tagged Aga, Being Happy, Betty Crocker's Cookbook, Carolina Country Magazine, cookbooks, cooking, Even More Special, extended family, family work, feta cheese, food, Fralix, goat cheese, Green Beans Caesar, Happy Place, inspiring positive change in work life and family, Itsinthesauce, kitchen, leadership development, Lemon Garlic Chicken, Love Work, memories, Orange Apple Salad, Patti Fralix, Pomegranate Vinegar, recipes, salad, The Fralix Group, traditions
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Our Current Reality
This is my fifth day of (partial) self-quarantine. While not (yet) required, my husband and I have remained in our home most of the time for the past five days. I have mainly only gone out to the grocery stores. … Continue reading
Posted in change, life
Tagged Americans, Closed Until Further Notice, closing restaurants, coronavirus, current reality, Do what makes you happy, epidemic, Family Time, Fralix, hoarding toilet paper, new normal, new reality, North Carolina, pandemic, partial shutdown, Patti Fralix, remote work, self-quarantine, shutting down, social distancing, The Fralix Group
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Interdependence During This Crisis
What a time we are having. There is no need to list the details since we are all well aware of them. Our world has changed overnight. Many people are suffering, and it is predicted to only get worse. First, … Continue reading
Posted in conflict, life, service
Tagged cook meals for others, coronavirus, crisis, food for children, Fralix, helping others, independent, interdependence, Keep Calm and Carry On, lend a helping hand, love your neighbor, make today the best day ever, meet this crisis head on, Patti Fralix, serving others, social distance, social distancing, taking care of others, The Fralix Group, the Lending Library, volunteers, what can you do to help others
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What Do We Really Need?
Years ago, I learned the difference in wants and needs, but too often I have bought items that were clearly in my “want” category. I do not even know where some or even many of those things are. When I … Continue reading
Before It Is Too Late
I have often thought about life and death. Not in a morbid way, but in an inquisitive way. I have wondered about the frailty of life, and how some live a very long life, and others don’t. I am not … Continue reading
Posted in change, life, Relationships
Tagged Before it's too late, death, die, family, frailty of life, Fralix, friend, friends, friendship, life, long life, loss of a loved one, Patti Fralix, short life, The Fralix Group, true friends, unnecessary loss, very long life
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Loving (and NOT!) Las Vegas
Las Vegas is somewhere I never wanted to go, until I did. I imagined Vegas to be a city of only gall and glamor, a city that never sleeps, and of non-ending buffets. Well, it is those things, but so … Continue reading
Posted in life, travel
Tagged A Year in the Life of a Recovering Spendaholic, Bottega Veneta, Desmond Tutu, Dos and Donts, Excalibur Hotel, Fralix, gambling, Las Vegas, life is too short not to eat well, Love and don't love, MAGIC trade show, Mandalay Convention Center, Mike Fralix, Patti Fralix, shopping, The Fralix Group, traveling, Venetian
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Inspiration and Motivation
These two words, Inspiration and Motivation, are often thought of and used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. While I recognize that this distinction can be considered “splitting hairs,” the difference is important. While you can certainly go … Continue reading
Posted in change, life
Tagged 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, cbt, change, external motivator, incentive, incentives motivators, inspiration, inspire, inspiring, internal motivator, motivate, motivation, starbucks, thoughts, thoughts changing behavior, Weight Watchers, What inspires you to change?, WW
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