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14083 Steve Harper Interviews Sherri Ann Alexandrovich Owner of New Beginnings Wellness Center

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Sherri Ann Alexandrovich says promises carry “happiness in one hand and disappointment in the other.”

An early morning poem sits in the background here. The host says promises has been on his mind because he writes weekly commitments and feels it when he misses them. Sherri Ann picks up the thread and gives the word a little backbone. To her, a promise is not a cozy intention. It is something you say only when your behavior is ready to meet it. When someone says they will stop drinking, she wants the promise to come after the problem has been named and the person has started taking steps toward help, whether that means rehab or a meeting. The conversation works best when it stays practical. She would rather hear trying hard, doing better, using a calendar, and naming the next action than hear promise tossed around too soon. This is not a perfection lecture. It is about checking whether follow-through is actually possible before offering someone comfort. Sherri Ann also talks about how promises lose power when people use the word loosely. Her grandson gives the idea a smaller, more familiar shape. One missed follow-through can be a mistake. A second might still get grace. By the third time, she says, it starts to look like a choice. Homework and being on time become a gentle way into a bigger lesson: children learn that words mean something when adults tie those words to action. Near the end, the host asks her to define intentionality. The close shifts into a public service message from Autism Speaks and the Ad Council about sensory sensitivity, eye contact discomfort, repetitive behaviors, and autism signs that can appear in children as young as eighteen months.

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A simple reminder that a promise only matters when follow-through gives it weight.

The piece stays with the gap between intention and follow-through, using a personal example of weekly commitments to make the point feel immediate.

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