How to Plan a Mother’s Day
By Sumay and Aila Mother’s day is a whole day to celebrate your mother, so I will be covering three steps to plan a perfect Mother’s Day....
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Equilibrium
All of our blog posts are published together as a family. We believe this reflects our "Equilibrium" philosophy ... that we make better decisions together as a team, even though it is harder sometimes. Our hope is that by seeking Equilibrium in our perspectives our message can speak to people and experiences from many walks of life.
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WEquil
- May 11, 2021
The Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo
by Lihong McPhail Marie Kondo is a famous Japanese consultant who stars on the Netflix original TV shows “Tidying up with Marie Kondo”,...
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WEquil
- Apr 15, 2021
How to achieve your dreams
By Aila In this article I am going to share some of my goals and how I plan to achieve them. My hope is that this example can help other...
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WEquil
- Apr 3, 2021
Parenting Principles of Persuasion
By Joseph McPhail While building WEquil School with my daughters I discovered five principles for persuasion that other parents may find...
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WEquil
- Feb 14, 2021
Dear Public School System
By Dr Lihong and Joseph McPhail Dear Public School System, During the pandemic my daughters launched their own virtual school, WEquil...
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WEquil
- Feb 13, 2021
Elementary School Dropout
By Joseph McPhail Yesterday I asked Sumay to take a look at a Gene editing company that looked like it might be a good investment. She...
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WEquil
- Jan 14, 2021
Dr. John Jr. Wittrig Obituary
Written by several of his surviving family including Robyn Sturk, Bruce Wittrig, Charles McPhail, Thomas McPhail, and the WEquil family....
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WEquil
- Oct 25, 2020
Regrets of the Dying
By Aila and Sumay Nobody likes to think about death. But it’s going to happen to everyone and we might as well know it’s going to happen...
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WEquil
- Jun 22, 2020
Principles of A Happy Family
What do Happy Families have in common? With COVID19 cases back on the rise it seems we will likely be in lockdown for months to come....
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Joseph McPhail
- May 16, 2020
No better burden to carry
Dear friends and family, We all have ways of coping with and understanding difficult circumstances. You do not need advice or guidance...
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Aila McPhail
- May 8, 2020
Positive Psychology
Hello! Thank you for coming to read Positive Psychology 101! Positive psychology is the study of human happiness. In this post we share...
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Joseph McPhail
- Apr 5, 2020
Rethinking Childhood Education
Dedication: This essay is dedicated to my daughters Aila and Sumay, as well as their good friend Aanya. Your creation of,...
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Joseph McPhail
- Mar 22, 2020
On god and Kids ...
My wife and I met at church in Ames Iowa. We had seen each other before, but she didn't take interest in me until she saw me taking notes...
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Aila McPhail
- Oct 21, 2019
Summary of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Hello, I am Aila McPhail, and this is my summary of the book, "7 Habits of Highly Effective People". Part 1 - Paradigms and Principles...
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WEquil
- Jul 27, 2019
Austin ... Going UP
I have no idea where to begin. I've heard it's best to just write and then edit later so here goes. I grew up in a relatively small town...
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Joseph McPhail
- Jul 4, 2019
Marriage hack - changing utility functions
Hello Friends and Family! I want to share an interesting insight Lihong Lu McPhail and I had last night about marriage. In short, when we...
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Joseph McPhail
- Jun 24, 2019
John Gottman's Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - A Summary
Dr John Gottman is a leading expert in what makes marriages succeed and fail. After just five minutes in his "Love Lab" he has been able...
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Sumay McPhail
- Jun 21, 2019
Meditation ... a younger perspective
Sumay published this article in February 2019. Four years ago I started meditating. When I had trouble sleeping I would sit up and focus...
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