Marianne Pestana

Category: Inspiration

Burning Shield

In the Moments with Marianne book club Burning Shield: The Jason Schechterle Story by Landon J. Napoleon Growing up, Jason Schechterle had one dream – to serve

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Seeing Opportunities in Challenges

When faced with overwhelming bills, relationships difficulties, oppressive bosses, unreasonable clients, over booked schedules, never ending to-do list, aggressive people along our path or difficulties

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Moving Through Loss

Most of us know the five stages of grief, but for the heart loss isn’t something that can be quantified and there is no set

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Changing Perspectives

Whether social, political, ecological or even philosophical, the way we view the world and the people in it are directly related to the way we

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You Are Never Alone

Over the last few weeks, we have been touched by the untimely passing of several people who have encouraged us to live in bold and

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All You Need Is Love

February often has us thinking of Valentine’s Day and romance, but are we truly in love with the most important person in our life?  

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New Beginnings

As we start the new year, everything is about new beginnings. We often reflect on the upcoming year with anticipation, citing our intentions for the

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Open Heart

One of the most difficult things to master is interpersonal relationships. We meet people from all walks of life that have experiences, challenges, wounds and

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