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Heidi Siefkas

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Look Up Crib Sheet from Hell

Have you ever been to H-E double hockey sticks (H-E-L-L) on Earth? Well, sometimes when you are in a terrible

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Look Up Tutorial Beachside

There’s a famous quote by Karen Blixen, “The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, and the sea.”  I

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Look Up and Small Changes Equals Big Shifts

My Routine is Traveling I travel a lot. In fact, today I’m traveling. Over the last month, I have been

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Look Up Mantra Around the World

The Backstory of Look Up Mantra For those of you that are new to my monthly Look Up posts or

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Reinforcing the Look Up Mantra through SCUBA

How can I combine two of my favorite topics, adventure and the Look Up Mantra, into one story? That’s easy

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Why Traveling Reminds Us All to Look Up

From an early age, I caught the travel bug. At the time, it was because I was curious. Today, I

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Look Up Lesson for the Holidays

After a two-week work trip, I returned home for the holidays. I was eager to sleep in my bed, drink

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Look Up from Ground Zero Hudson River Valley

Look Up from Hudson River Valley, New York Earlier this month, I revisited Hudson River Valley, New York, a region

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Best Travel Experiences of 2018 Because I Trusted My Gut

Whether a hole in the wall tapas bar in Ourense (Get your head out of the gutter, not topless!) or

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Look Up – A Tool to Overcome and Evolve

If this is your first time or your umpteenth time reading my blog, I’m happy to have you here. One year

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🌈Resilience is more than bouncing back. ⛰️ It's t 🌈Resilience is more than bouncing back. ⛰️

It's the fundamental ability to adapt when faced with life's inevitable changes. 

🎙️Discover a new perspective by watching this full Look Up Mindset Podcast!
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Solo date night: me, a Waymo, and zero small talk. Solo date night: me, a Waymo, and zero small talk. Just city views on the way to Grace Potter and Guster at Ascend Amp, Nashville! 🚗🎶
❤️Author and Host of the Look Up Mindset Podcast, ❤️Author and Host of the Look Up Mindset Podcast, Heidi Siefkas shares a deeply personal episode, honoring her father, a theater professor for 42 years. 

At 91 and in hospice, he embodies resilience, choosing to 'Look Up for what I still have,' inspiring Heidi's journey as a storyteller and the 'bounce forward' philosophy. 🌈

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Sometimes walking into a concert you don’t know th Sometimes walking into a concert you don’t know the set list is just what you needed + to go tacos. 

If you get a chance to witness, The Bleachers go. The carousel of talented musicians picking up horns, guitars, keys, and vocals like musical chairs. 

So much fun! Too repeat!
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