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Kurtis Vanderpool

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Spirituality, Christian, Fantasy

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Kurtis Vanderpool's Blog

Why You Can’t Stick With the Pomodoro Method

As the Best Life Coach for young Adults, I work with hundreds of young people struggling with procrastination. This week, I had a client who was struggling with something I hear from almost everyone in their 20s: procrastination, overthinking, and the constant cycle of getting motivated… then falling off again.

He told me, “I’m using the Pomodoro method,

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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

by Jonathan Haidt

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Faith after Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do about It

by Brian D. McLaren

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Love, Henri: Letters on the Spiritual Life

by Henri J.M. Nouwen

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Kurtis Vanderpool rated a book really liked it Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Not an excellent book, but fun to read.
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Kurtis Vanderpool rated a book really liked it The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret Projects, #2) by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kurtis Vanderpool rated a book it was amazing Elantris (Elantris, #1) by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Romantasy readers (and definitely writers) should read this book to learn what real fantasy and storytelling are. I don’t give a lot of 5 stars. This one earned it.
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Kurtis Vanderpool made a comment on Emily May’s review of Red City (The New Alchemists, #1) " None of Marie Lu’s books have any sense of pace or interesting character development. I’m so tired of seeing these trope-filled books with zero compel ...more "
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Kurtis Vanderpool rated a book really liked it Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5) by Isaac Asimov	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kurtis Vanderpool wants to read The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT by Russ Harris	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kurtis Vanderpool is currently reading The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Audiobook, Readers' Favorite Nonfiction	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kurtis’s Quotes

“Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what happens when that practice succeeds and when it fails.”
― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

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“Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.”
― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

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“As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.”
― Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith

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