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Thoughts On Feminism in 2025
Malala Yousafzai, activist for education for girls and women and the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, who, on...

Missy Duncan PhD
Mar 1, 202515 min read


Accepting Reality
Be honest with yourself when you answer this question: are you okay with your current reality? How many of you answered ‘yes’ with no...

Missy Duncan PhD
Feb 25, 20256 min read


Reimagining Success
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm” (Winston Churchill). “If you find it in your heart to care for...

Missy Duncan PhD
Feb 16, 20254 min read


Reimagine Self-Love and Self-Care
With Valentine’s Day coming up this week, it’s a great time to look at self-love and self-care because not all of us are romantically...

Missy Duncan PhD
Feb 9, 20255 min read


Purpose...What is Your Life's Calling and What are You Calling to Your Life?
On 2/14/25, I am leaving Facebook / Meta. So this week and next week are the last weeks I’ll post my weekly blog on that social media...

Missy Duncan PhD
Jan 30, 20256 min read


Acknowledging Appreciation For What We Already Have
* “Gratitude turns what we have into enough" (Aesop - https://www.azquotes.com/quotes/topics/appreciate-what-you-have.html ). * ”What...

Missy Duncan PhD
Jan 18, 20253 min read


Make The Most of The Present Moment
“Slow down, you move too fast You got to make the morning last Just kicking down the cobblestones Looking for fun and feelin' groovy” (...

Missy Duncan PhD
Jan 15, 20254 min read


What Do You Want To Learn This Year?
How do we move through life each day, each week, each month with intention, curiosity, style, and grace? Three key aspects make the...

Missy Duncan PhD
Jan 10, 20255 min read


What Do You Want for 2025?
Soon, well-meaning people in your life will start asking you: What are going to be your New Year’s resolutions? What are your goals for...

Missy Duncan PhD
Jan 2, 20252 min read


What Brings You Joy?
During the winter holiday season, many people sang about “Joy to the world.” Rule # 6 in the Marie Kondo method of decluttering says,...

Missy Duncan PhD
Jan 2, 20252 min read


Alone, Lonely, Lonesome, Loneliness
Have you ever been alone but were not lonely and didn’t feel lonesome? I truly have never felt lonely or lonesome even though I spend a...

Missy Duncan PhD
Dec 25, 20244 min read


The Evils of Expectations
“I expect you to have this room cleaned by the time I get home today.” “My expectation is that you pull your own weight around here.” ...

Missy Duncan PhD
Dec 23, 20248 min read


Avoiding Holiday High Anxiety
On Christmas Day in 1977, the Mel Brooks film High Anxiety , was released. [To watch the trailer for the film, open this link: ...

Missy Duncan PhD
Dec 15, 20246 min read


The Holiday Senses
Close your eyes. Think about the winter holidays of your past. What triggers your memories? What smells, sounds, tastes, touches, and...

Missy Duncan PhD
Dec 15, 20244 min read


Experiments, Not Resolutions For 2025
[reworked since it’s first publication in March 2022] A new year will soon be born, full of unexpected pleasures and challenges, full of...

Missy Duncan PhD
Dec 8, 20243 min read


Where Did Our Christmas Traditions Originate?
Saturnaliae bona vobis! Happy winter solstice! Hoping your heart gets lighter as the days get brighter. Merry / Happy Christmas! While...

Missy Duncan PhD
Nov 28, 20248 min read


Minimalist Holidays
How did we go from Halloween to Christmas overnight? What happened to Thanksgiving Day in the USA coming, in importance, before...

Missy Duncan PhD
Nov 19, 20247 min read


Healthy Detachment
Recently, I wrote about learning to yield when something doesn’t go our way. Yielding starts inside us first and then migrates outside...

Missy Duncan PhD
Nov 16, 20244 min read


Challenge Yourself
What challenge is more effective: one your boss or other entity issues or forces on you or one you define for yourself? Even if you...

Missy Duncan PhD
Nov 10, 20243 min read


Learning To Yield
From the Tao Te Ching, written by Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher c. 500 BC, “Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away...

Missy Duncan PhD
Nov 3, 20245 min read
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