Personal Growth – Vicki Dobbs

Compassion as a Foundation

Vicki — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:24:41 +0000

Quote: “Compassion is the foundation of true strength.” (The Power of Gratitude) True power comes from maintaining tenderness rather than from a hardening of the heart. Compassion creates resilience by connecting you to your shared humanity. When you extend compassion to yourself and others, you cultivate an emotional intelligence that helps you navigate difficulties with… Read More »

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The Journey Within

Vicki — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:13:06 +0000

Quote: “Self-discovery is a journey; it isn’t about finding yourself; it’s about uncovering who you’ve always been.” (Get Off the Shelf) The path of self-discovery is continuous, ongoing, and always filled with opportunities for growth and understanding. Like an archaeological dig, it reveals layers of your true nature that have always been there, waiting for… Read More »

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Decades Gone By

Vicki — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:53:55 +0000

With decades gone by and unknown decades ahead, I am remembering Frank Sinatra’s famous song, My Way. I haven’t always lived true to me. For many of those decades past, I didn’t know who “me” was or that there was an identity of me beyond what I gave to and did in the world. I… Read More »

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Why I Keep Showing Up Here Each Friday

Vicki — Fri, 22 May 2026 10:45:26 +0000

For all of you out there who have hung out with me on Fridays for nearly five years now, thank you. I have a question for you… Ever wonder why I keep writing to y’all every week… or what writing has done and continues to do for me today? For a long time, I thought… Read More »

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A Door Called YOU FIRST

Vicki — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:23:21 +0000

“…If you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost, cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.” ~ Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes One of the hardest doors I… Read More »

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The Power of Perspective

Vicki — Fri, 02 May 2025 11:48:25 +0000

What you focus on expands right in front of you. That’s why it becomes so important to choose your points of view wisely. For the last several weeks, I have gone back and forth with myself about how I am choosing to “see” my world and the gifts and challenges it has presented me over… Read More »

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The Bridge of Change

Vicki — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:32:34 +0000

“Change is not a disruption of life; it is the essence of life itself. When you meet change with open hands instead of clenched fists, you begin to see and feel it as a gift— simply a bridge on the path to the person you are becoming.” – You First Change can feel like a… Read More »

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Welcome to 2025

Vicki — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:08:09 +0000

Here I am, half way through the first week of a new year and nothing feels different. I am breathing deeply, inhaling the gratitude I feel for all the good, the bad, the ugly and the indifferent, the joy-filled and amazing events of this past week, month, and year. I am continually surprised at how… Read More »

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Wildfire and Wild Fires

Vicki — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:00:04 +0000

This has been a week of coming back for me. Slowly but surely, my energy is returning, and my creativity is beginning to bloom again as I work on the third episode of a limited series podcast I am dreaming into being. I have been binge watching a Netflix series called Wildfire. Many of you… Read More »

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Wisdom Waits… When You are Ready, the Teachers Come

Vicki — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:05:52 +0000

It has been an amazing, challenging, exhausting, exhilarating, and an all-around marvelous week. Last Friday, the last thing I did was to release any expectations I may have had for the Write with the Whispers in the Wind weekend and I opened my heart to flexibility and flow. How grateful I am that those words… Read More »

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