How to Restore Your Broken Heart By Z Zoccolante (Listen to the audio in the blue box below) Joy and celebration are among the beautiful parts of life. But as night has its day and light has its dark, there is always contrast – a bright and a shadow side of all things. Heartbreak is a terrain we all travel at least once in our human journey. I’m not taking about the feeling of sadness, but rather when your heart has been...
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My One Wish For Your Marriage By Z Zoccolante (Listen to audio in the blue box below) This week I RSVP’d to a friend’s wedding. Their save the date magnet on my fridge is a photo of them standing toes deep in the ocean, their arms cradling each other in embrace, in mid laughter, her head tilted up, exhaling joy from her parted lips. Soon they will begin their adventure as a married couple, traveling through life on...
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Is Your Relationship Unhealthy? by Z Zoccolante (Listen to the audio of this post in the blue box below) I’ll always remember the afternoon I stood in the kitchen making lunch with a friend. In a tangent of conversation she told me how she was once in an abusive relationship. She was smart, self-assured, and had an air of straight talking, no tolerance for bull. She told me that he’d hit her and say mean things to her,...
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How to Find Joy In the Process and Let Go of the Result By Z Zoccolante (Listen to the audio of this post in the blue box below) In one particular episode of House of Cards, a group of monks were invited to the white house for a one-month exchange. They spent their days painstakingly creating an intricate sand mandala, their work visible to any passerby on the lobby floor. Their focus was unwavering. At the end of the...
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The #1 Thing I Learned from a Kid By Z Zoccolante (Listen to the audio of this blog in the blue box below!) Kids are interesting little humans. They’re us before the world has molded us with the dos and don’ts of how to be a proper adult. Before this happened, we were little beings in tiny bodies that moved like play dough. Once upon a time we were fully expressive and reacted to all our momentary feelings. Listen...
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What You Truly Want For Christmas By Z Zoccolante (Listen to the audio of this blog in the blue box below!) Growing up, she told herself she was going to be the best actress in the world. Fast forward. She’s at a Christmas drama production she wrote and directed for ESL students. Listen to or download the podcast of this blog. https://zzoccolante.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/What-You-Truly-Want-For-Christmas.m4a...
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