Articles

Yvonne’s articles can be found on www.womenz.co.nz where she writes for a forum for women aged 50 – 60 as well as for ‘Lessons for Living’. All articles are copyright 2007 – all rights reserved Yvonne Godfrey.

The Purpose Led Woman

This series of articles is called ‘The Purpose Led Woman.’ Being truly purpose led requires many qualities.
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Sandcastles in the air

All the things I had toiled for...I must leave to the one who comes after me. - Ecclesiastes 2:18 NIV
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The Magic of Change (Zone 1)

Change is a powerful driving force that does not remain constant. Some change is sudden – like the premature death of a spouse or a shock redundancy. Other change invades gradually like the surging of a wave as it makes it’s way closer and closer to the shore...
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The Magic of Change (Zone 2)

Typified by words such as settled, bored, lazy, undisciplined and lack of vision. Do not confuse the comfort zone with being content, at peace or happy, which is a great place to be and is achieved when a person is functioning at their best...
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The Magic of Change (Zone 3)

This may be a phase where life has simply gotten too stressful and cannot necessarily be prevented. Our capacity for handling stress is limited. Researcher Dr. Thomas Holmes concludes that experiencing 200+ "life change units" in a year can put you over the edge...
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The Magic of Change (Zone 4)

When you make the decision to move on – two things will happen. You will feel excitement about your planned new future. Just imagine how it will be when….. (Life is different). At the same time, once you make a decision to change it seems that all hell breaks loose...
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The Power Dance of Men and Women

After over 30 years of activism and shifts in society, women have tipped the social scales and have become more powerful than men. Who would have thought in the early 1960s that by 2007, many of the top government, social and business positions in New Zealand...
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Failure to Launch

There is a great movie called ‘Failure to launch’ in which a 35 year old man refuses to leave home. He dates many girls but always manages to sabotage the relationship once it gets too hot in case she lures him out of that beautiful place called security and comfort...
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Death – Your graduation Day

Death never meant a thing to me until I reached 50 years old. I thought I was immortal! Then out of the blue one day, I could see the end of the road – albeit in the distance but there it was never the less. Suddenly there didn’t seem to be any time to waste...
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Passing on the Baton

The saying goes that a good man (or woman) leaves an inheritance to their children’s children. How much, I would like to add, depends on the kid in the middle (generation)...
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