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interview #7 with Sandy Bird of Lucky Dog Agility

Hello and welcome to little decisions interviews! I have something very special for you today!  I met Sandy Bird one bright and beautiful morning recently  at Lucky Dog Agility, a dog sports training facility off Arnoldsville Rd in Winterville, Ga! She was accompanied by her training dog and companion, Asta. Asta is a Pyrenean sheepdog. […]

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little decisions interview #6 with Cozy of Cozy Bear Market Garden

For little decisions interview #6, Victoria sits down with her first Marigold Market vendor! Deijhon Yearby aka Cozy is the owner and operator of Cozy Bear Market Garden in Nicholson & host of Cozybear Farms podcast! As a solo farmer of a quarter acre of land, this is Cozy’s 2nd year as a vendor at […]

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little decisions interview #5 with Edward Rodriguez, America’s Happiness Ambassador

Edward smile Rodriquez drives a big, yellow van with his smiling picture on the driver’s side! He is “America’s Happiness Ambassador” I “met” Eddy online in a Facebook group where he was discussing his plans to start a podcast of his own about his “ 10 million smiles Happiness Tour” where “your smile is your […]

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episode 9: listen well

In the ninth episode of the little decisions podcast, I, Victoria Cooper, talk about the power of listening well! . For those new to little decisions, this is a nostalgia-infused podcast focused on kindness, connection and community. I talk about these ideas through stories from the people of Athens and Winterville, Ga. This episode is […]

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episode 8: hold on loosely

For episode 8: hold on loosely, Victoria both pays tribute to the 1981 classic song by 38 special with the same name and talks about how control and kindness intersect. The episode begins with some light housekeeping. Blog updates include a new series called Simple Acts of Kindness! Victoria then discusses her plans for the […]

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episode 7: dream a little dream

In episode 7, dream a little dream, Victoria talks about kindness and living out your dreams! Segments include: Housekeeping, Words Matter, Dream a little Dream movie review, Question of the Week, Colors of Kindness & Kindness in Practice. Gina Helms of Denver, CO is the guest interviewed in Kindness in Practice!  listen to the episode […]

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Simple Acts of Kindness #2

Welcome back to the simple act of kindness blog series from Victoria Cooper, host of the little decisions podcast! I was a little surprised with myself in how long it took me to actually complete my first simple act of kindness task! Eight days! Eight days to buy my friend Sherrie coffee!!! That feels like […]

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Interviews, Interviews & more Interviews!

It seems like as soon as I schedule one interview, two more opportunities present themselves too! It’s crazy! And fun. And exciting. I didn’t know I would love this part of the podcast so much, but boy do I. I love learning about people’s story and then finding a way to share that with the […]

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simple acts of kindness #1

For this blog series, I want to try and perform totally simple (and random!) acts of kindness from this book I purchased: Simple Acts of Kindness. This book claims in its subtitle to have over 500 ways of being kind listed in the book. My goal is to perform one truly random act of kindness, […]

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Pineapples, Marigolds & Kindness

A recent family trip to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia turned into an unexpected blog post when pineapples, marigolds & kindness were discovered along the way! Our tour began in the Greenhouse, where we were trying to go into the newly remodeled portions. We were unsuccessful at that, but our walk-through the greenery revealed […]