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Aspirations and Goals for Everyone

August 25, 2025 By Connie Ragen Green Leave a Comment

Aspirations and Goals - Is There a Difference?

 What Are Aspirations and How Do They Differ from Goals?  Do you have hopes and dreams? Do you have an ambition to achieve a life goal in the future? You have aspirations. These big picture life goals give us a sense of purpose and direction as we live out each day. Don’t be mistaken. Having aspirations and goals are not the same thing. Goals are action steps to get you to a final destination, while aspirations tend to be more general and long-term future focused. Think of it this way, … [Read more...]

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A Rare Gem… Someone Who Makes Life Shine

August 18, 2025 By Connie Ragen Green Leave a Comment

A Rare Gem - Friends You Love and Value

 A Rare Gem Isn't So Rare, If You're Always Looking Out for Them I think of a "rare gem" as being a person who is special for many reasons. Perhaps you know someone who always lights up your day with their smile and words of kindness and encouragement. This is how I define a rare gem in my life experience. Every so often, you meet someone who seems to sparkle a little differently. Not because they’re loud, flashy, or always in the spotlight—but because of how they show up in life and how … [Read more...]

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What is Forgiveness? Why Does It Matter?

August 11, 2025 By Connie Ragen Green Leave a Comment

 What Is Forgiveness and Why Does It Matter? Recently, I attended a conference in my community that inspired me in so many ways. One topic was on forgiveness, and this is what I will be sharing with you here. I knew in the moment that there were people I needed to forgive, as well as being willing to forgive myself for words and actions of long ago. What Is Forgiveness Exactly? “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you”. Lewis B. Smedes Let’s talk about … [Read more...]

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Why Entrepreneurs Who Travel Have Greater Success

August 4, 2025 By Connie Ragen Green 1 Comment

Entrepreneurs Who Travel Have Greater Success

Entrepreneurs Who Travel Aren't Leaving Money, Ideas, and Clarity on the Table Travel has many benefits, some of them quite therapeutic and helpful for your mental health and well-being. Let’s take a look at five different ways you can use travel as a form of therapy and wander to heal yourself. Pay attention to each of them the next time you’re away from home and lean into these therapeutic powers of traveling. Entrepreneurs who travel regularly enjoy greater success. My travel as a new … [Read more...]

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A Creative Life Well-Lived: Artist George Rodrigue

July 28, 2025 By Connie Ragen Green Leave a Comment

A Creative Life - George Rodrigue

Recently, I watched a documentary about artist and philanthropist George Rodrigue. He lived in “Cajun Country” in southwestern Louisiana and was most famous for his “Blue Dog” paintings. But his life and work was about so much more and that’s why it will live on as his legacy to the people who encouraged his creativity for over 50 years. His was a creative life well-lived, and one that continues to be a model for creatives all over the world. A creative life can be a struggle, but it doesn’t … [Read more...]

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The Silent Accord

July 21, 2025 By Connie Ragen Green Leave a Comment

The Silent Accord

 The Silent Accord: The Quiet Tyranny of Total Control Jennifer waited until the last light of day had slipped behind the half-ruined skyline before tapping twice on James’s steel door—two short knocks, followed by one long. The agreed signal. She could hear the hum of the alignment towers from her perch in the alleyway, faint but constant, like the distant buzz of a wasp you could never swat. The door creaked open a sliver, revealing a wary green eye. “It’s me,” she whispered. James stepped … [Read more...]

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Panic Attacks: Take Back Control

July 14, 2025 By Connie Ragen Green Leave a Comment

Panic Attack - Take Back Control

Panic Attacks and How to Take Back Control of Your Life Panic attacks feel like being trapped in a prison of your own making. When it comes to panic attacks, take back control and you'll change your life forever. Your heart pounds violently in your chest. Your breathing tightens until each breath becomes a conscious struggle. Your thoughts race toward catastrophe. And in those terrifying moments, you become convinced you're dying, losing your mind, or about to lose all … [Read more...]

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Boost Your Brain

July 7, 2025 By Connie Ragen Green Leave a Comment

Boost Your Brain and Change Your Life

 Boost Your Brain and Change Your Life You are sitting at your computer compiling a report or analyzing marketing data. Perhaps you're an author working on a chapter of your new book. Or maybe you are engaged in a hobby like painting or some other handcraft. You have been working for over an hour and are making good progress. Your mind is clear and focused, and your ideas and thoughts flow freely. You can boost your brain and change your life, and that is exactly what I'm going to share with … [Read more...]

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Overcoming the Fear of Selling

June 30, 2025 By Connie Ragen Green Leave a Comment

Overcome Fear of Selling

Overcoming the Fear of Selling  Selling shouldn’t feel like a struggle, but for many online entrepreneurs, it does. You know that in order to grow, you have to put yourself out there, market your offers, and confidently ask for the sale. Once you master overcoming the fear of selling and of being visible, everything changes. Yet every time you go to promote your business, something holds you back. You hesitate before posting. You soften your message, afraid of sounding too pushy. You delay … [Read more...]

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Who Are You? Really?

June 23, 2025 By Connie Ragen Green Leave a Comment

Who Are You? Habits of Excellence

Answering the question "Who Are You? through Authenticity As Our True Self Do you know who you really are? Are you living your true self day in and day out? For many of us, these are questions we rarely ask ourselves, and all too often, we do not live fully in accordance with our authentic nature. So, who are you, really? In 1978, the rock group The Who released a song... Who are you?Who, who, who, who?Who are you?Who, who, who, who?Who are you?Who, who, who, who?Who are you?Who, who, who, … [Read more...]

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This is my most recent and personal blog, where I’m sharing stories of great importance in my life. My hope is that you will read through a few posts and take away some insights as to who Connie Ragen Green really is and how I may be able to serve you in some capacity.

In December of 2022, I choose about 50 of these stories and shared them in a new book, titled Essays at the Intersection of Hope and Synchronicity. See this book and all of my other titles at ConnieRagenGreenBooks.com

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