How to Stay Open to Life, Even When You’re Afraid of Getting Hurt
What if I get hurt? I don’t think I can cope, I can’t take that risk. It’s better to stay safe, right? I have a dog, and walking is something I love to do. When I do, I feel at peace with nature. For...
View ArticleHow to Keep Your Glass Half Full Through Courage & Compassion
To bring about a better world, let us all strive together with vision, with courage, and with optimism. – Dalai Lama I will readily admit that I haven’t always been a particularly positive person. I...
View ArticleFreedom Is Not Just For Holidays
No work, no chores, sun, sea, sand and ten days of pure freedom! Forgetting the stress it took you to get on your holiday, the time it takes to unwind and when you get home there will be a ton of email...
View ArticleHow to Smack Down Your Inner Critic Once and For All
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” – Eleanor Roosevelt Do you have an inner critic that taunts you every time you trip up? You know, that taunting voice that erupts the second you...
View Article4 Reasons to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
A friend of mine, Karen*, is one of those people who seems to have it all. She graduated at the top of her MBA class. She holds a high level job at a prestigious Fortune 500 company. She maintains a...
View ArticleThe Gift of Struggle
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis When I was in second grade I struggled to keep up with the other kids in school. My teacher tried to help me but had...
View Article“Have You Lost Weight?”
Ah, the loaded question, “have you lost weight?” If I only had a slice of cheesecake for every time someone asked me that. I’d have a lot of freaking cheesecake. I like New York traditional, by the...
View ArticleBurn Your Beliefs.. Literally
Are you a belief-hoarder? I most certainly am. I found myself listening to some speakers who had a few things to say about replacing old, negative beliefs with positive ones. “We construct our own...
View ArticleWhy Getting Rid of Stuff Was Harder Than I Thought
“The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn’t simple.” – Doris Janzen Longacre “But your stuff’s going into storage, right?” I frowned and knitted my...
View ArticleWhy I Choose to Love Myself
“You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.” – Diane Von Furstenberg You’d think life would be easy at age 22, but things couldn’t be more confusing. A lot happened in one...
View ArticleHow to Liberate Yourself From The Chains Of Perfectionism
“Ring the bells that still can ring; forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen People used to call me the Ice Queen years ago, and I...
View ArticleHow I Survived a Job I Hated and How You Can Too
I worked as a mutual fund tax accountant for a little over three years. Trust me, it wasn’t as glamorous as it sounds. In fact, it was easily the worst three years of my working life. I was assigned a...
View ArticleHow the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy Inspired Me
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Franklin Roosevelt Earlier this week I lost hours of my life. I sat down at my computer to do a little work at 8pm, and poof, when I looked at the clock it was...
View ArticleLessons From Nearly Losing My Life.
“Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett. When I was 27 I almost drowned. I was caught in a rip current at an unpatrolled beach on the South Atlantic coast of Brazil and I was not a...
View Article5 Healthy Ways to Manage Frustration
When things go wrong, they really go wrong. In the span of two weeks, I lost my biggest contract job, my entire family came down with a stomach flu, my husband had to leave on a long business trip,...
View ArticleHow I Made Peace with Perfectionism
“Beauty is the purest feeling of the soul. Beauty arises when soul is satisfied.” ― Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power I once heard a famous, self-help guru/podcaster say, “Purpose is the...
View ArticleThe Courage To Leap
“Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison My instructor held out a tattered jumpsuit. “Here,” he said. “Put this on. It’s about 30 degrees colder up there.” The...
View ArticleRediscovering Your Inner Teenager
We have some pretty negative stereotypes of teenagers, and honestly, that’s too bad. While it’s true they can be moody, think they know everything, and have little respect for authority, those...
View ArticleHow I Chose to Reframe My Failure
“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts” – Winston Churchill At 29 years old I found myself broke, living at home (for the third time), unemployed and a...
View Article7 Highly Effective Habits Women Who Love Their Bodies
As a professional ballerina, I spent years in front of the mirror judging myself harshly, ignoring my body’s need for rest and food, and criticizing my unwanted curves. I loved ballet more than...
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