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027. Mary Margaret Callahan 

 October 25, 2018

​How do you know when you have enough? What does that look like? What does it mean?

​So often in life, it feels like the goal posts keep moving. ​Just when you get close to getting what you've wanted, suddenly it ​no longer seems quite right. It's not big enough, grand enough, challenging enough, important enough. It's just plain not enough.

​Take a moment to imagine the flip side. Looking around and seeing that you have everything you really need. ​

How would it feel if you knew you had just enough money to pay your bills, just enough time to get the important things done, just enough friends to feel loved and needed, just enough challenge to keep life interesting, ​

​Sure, maybe more would be better, but less would certainly be worse. There's incredible freedom in recognizing, savoring, even celebrating having just enough.

No one does that better than Mary Margaret Callahan. She is the chief mission officer at Pet Partners, an international organization that registers therapy animals and their partners, and she's also tons of fun.

Listen in for a rollicking conversation about the joy of finding what's just enough to make your life happy and full.​

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