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Rest days
Sometimes, the best thing you can do for your body is to rest. How many times have you just not been motivated to exercise? Or to move? ...
Susie Csorsz Brown
5 days ago3 min read


Patience you must have, my young Padawan
“Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting." ~ Joyce Meyer "Adopt the pace of nature: her...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Sep 174 min read


Lacing up the running shoes
I do love a good run. Having been following this pattern since college days, it feels comfortable to fall into the rhythm that is...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Sep 113 min read


What’s up on the Big Purple Blob
Please see below for the episode posted in the last few weeks. We’ll be back up to our normal posting pace as the Fall gets rolling....
Susie Csorsz Brown
Sep 71 min read


Hope and Wonder
Wonder is not exactly knowing. “The world is full of poems,” Mary Oliver said, “but you have to be quiet to hear them.” An important...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Sep 22 min read


Early mornings
Why I wake up early Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who make the morning and spread it over the field and into the faces of tulips and...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Aug 271 min read


Shake it off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM “… people can say whatever they want about us at any time, and we cannot control that. The...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Aug 204 min read


Back to school letter
Dear boys, We’ve talked so many times about change. We’ve experienced big hard changes, our little family unit. One of the prices we...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Aug 135 min read


What’s up on the Big Purple Blob?
Links to recent episodes on The Big Purple Blob, a podcast supporting Diplomatic families From July 189: Service Work, Purposeful work in...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Aug 41 min read


You and your mouth
I have a big secret to share with you: you are what you eat. Literally, what you put in your mouth -- every.single.bite -- is the...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jul 302 min read


R A I N
In times of stress, it is very easy to fall into the habit of being reactive and, if it goes on too long, resort to fight or flight mode....
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jul 232 min read


Be the more loving one
Did you know that in the grand scheme of things, you ARE very important and you are also not at all? Honestly, it is good to have the...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jul 162 min read


Letters Now Sent
I am so proud to be a part of this project. Available in 2 weeks on Amazon, you too can read this amazing compilation of Letters Now...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jul 161 min read


20/80
Or is it 80/20? Perspective is an amazing gift, you know? It is so so easy to let one big fat F ruin a series of A's. Even if your life...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jul 91 min read


Reality versus fiction: Social media and relationships
I’ll give you one guess: what is the one aspect of modern day reality that causes the most amount of angst and who knows what sorts of...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jul 25 min read


What’s up on the Big Purple Blob?
Here are the latest episodes and a list of our most popular summertime/transition shows. We wish everyone a safe summer and a smooth...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jun 271 min read


Tolerance is what?
Tolerance has many meanings, one of which is the allowance of variation of a part. Tolerance as an engineering term refers to when the...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jun 252 min read


Absence of boredom
What is boredom? Do we even know that that feels like? We do not have that opportunity any longer, not with these devices in our hands....
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jun 183 min read


Keep moving
Do not stop at the wall looming before you. Make a door. Make a door wide enough not only for you but for others. Giving up is not an...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jun 111 min read


"We" Empowerment
Have you wondered about people who have been in a relationship for a long time, and asked how is it they are still together … and do...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jun 42 min read
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