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How to Not Get Sucked into Your Kids’ Emotional Drama

by Heidi Petak CommunicationFamilyParenting

The other day, one of my friends asked me, "How do I not get sucked into my kids' emotional drama?" First, I'll say it's pretty easy to get sucked in. As their emotion starts to ramp up, we feel ours ramping up, too. And, before we know it, our ...

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4 Steps to Civil Conversations: Hashing Out the Roy Moore Dilemma on Video

by Heidi Petak CommunicationCommunityFamily

Nearly every day we are confronted with another national situation that fuels polarity. Most recently, it's the sexual misconduct allegations against Roy Moore, the conservative Republican judge in Alabama who is running in a tight race for US Senate. Eve ...

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The Petak Who Didn’t Want to Move to Colorado

by Heidi Petak CommunicationCommunityFaith

There was one Petak who didn't want to move to Colorado. He loved his home, his friends, his familiar hangouts, watching bluebirds every spring check out the houses for rent in the backyard. So, when the night came to load up the last of the riff-raff and ...

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A Lot Like Skydiving

by Heidi Petak CommunicationCommunityFaith

It feels a lot like skydiving, a bucket-list item my husband Brian and I checked off a few weeks ago, jumping out of a perfectly good plane at 14,000 feet into the unknown. Blue sky above, sea level far below. Wind slams violently against your skin, eyes ...

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7 Steps to Handle the Tension of Inauguration Weekend

by Heidi Petak CommunicationCommunityFaith

In my last blog post, "11 Upside-Down New Year's Resolutions," the final resolution was "SCARED- Because then you might be trying something that feels waaaay bigger than you." I've heard from many of you that you are tackling something big this year. From ...

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What Christmas is All About

by Heidi Petak CommunicationCommunityFaith

  I'm done. Done rushing, done shopping, done stressing. I'm now taking deep breaths to remember what Christmas is all about. To rest in the beauty and grace of God. To read the story in Luke 2, to gaze at the manger, wonder at God's strange way to ...

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Rosemary Khamati Helps Warring Tribes Reconcile

by Heidi Petak CommunicationCommunityFaith

Reconciliation. Not an easy word. It’s long, tough to get your mind around, and even tougher to get your arms around. In fact, if you listen to it, it has the word “silly” in the middle. Sometimes our attempts at reconciliation seem downright silly. Prep ...

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Communication Advice for Your Thanksgiving Holiday

by Heidi Petak CommunicationCommunityFaith

With our Thanksgiving holiday this week, you might be anxious about sharing the same space with family and friends who hold different political views. Certainly, emotions are running high on all sides after the recent election. For my communica ...

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Thoughts on my Upcoming Conversation with a Democrat

by Heidi Petak CommunicationCommunityFaith

After my post-election blog entry, I'm Not A Hater, received a firestorm of comments last week, I fully expected to be unfriended by one old high school friend in particular. However, my Democratic friend completely surprised me by instead writing a messa ...

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I Have a Dream

by Heidi Petak CommunicationCommunityFaith

We have a dream he and I. He with his deep faith his four children his vision for peace. Me with my deep faith my four children my vision for peace. We have a dream he and I that one day one day we people we citizens we souls we souls who occupy our many- ...

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