10 Surprising Ways to Boost Your Self-Confidence

By on April 29, 2013
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Do you consider yourself self-confident?

Self-confidence is the feeling of assurance in who you are — in spite of your life circumstances or achievements. It is the ability to love and accept yourself, flaws and all, and view yourself from a perspective of optimistic realism and acceptance.

Most of us at some… Continue Reading…

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10 Ways You Might Be Driving People Away In Conversation

By on April 25, 2013
Bored woman while a friend talks on a phone“Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.” ~William Shakespeare

I sometimes wonder if conversation is a dying art.

It saddens me that people would rather converse by text or email rather than pick up the phone or talk in person.

Don’t get me… Continue Reading…

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How To Easily Get Unstuck From Your Rut And Make Positive Change

By on April 21, 2013
Stuck_In_A_Rut___II_by_l8If I had a penny for all the times I’ve promised myself to make positive change but never followed through, I’d be a wealthy woman.

Over the years, I’ve wanted to start running daily, learn French, paint, meditate regularly, and many other endeavors I can’t remember. I’d start them with a bang, with great… Continue Reading…

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Imagine How Life-Changing This Relationship Could Be

By on April 18, 2013
Couple dancing.I’ve recently been thinking a lot about the power of relationships in our lives.

My last post was about the relationships with our parents, siblings, and extended family and the impact of coping with hurtful and unloving behavior from close family members.

If you read some of the comments on the post, you’ll see how… Continue Reading…

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How To Deal With Mean, Nasty People In Your Life Who Happen To Be In Your Family

By on April 13, 2013
iStock_000002505142SmallI was talking with a friend this week who was telling me about some encounters with her mother.

My friend is one of the kindest, most loving, self-aware people on the planet. But her mother treats her atrociously. I can’t get over how anyone who knows my friend could treat her poorly, but dang… Continue Reading…

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8 Ways to Spring Clean Your Life

By on April 11, 2013
iStock_000009122145SmallLast week I took my daughter to New York City for spring break to look at colleges. But it didn’t feel one bit like spring.

In fact, it was so cold we were wearing winter coats and boots, wondering if nature was playing a cruel trick on us.

Even when we returned to Atlanta on… Continue Reading…

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Registration Is Now Open For The Path To Passion Course!

By on April 1, 2013
iStock_000009647548SmallIf you are feeling there must be more to life than this . . .

If you are bored and dissatisfied with your life . . .

If you feel like you’re on the wrong path but don’t know how to find the right one . . .

If you know you’re in the wrong job… Continue Reading…

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How To Eradicate Your Inner Resistance (+ Passion Course Winner!)

By on March 28, 2013
iStock_000000963439Small(Special Note: On Monday, April 1, my 4-week interactive Path to Passion course opens for registration. I will announce the winner of free entrance into the course at the bottom of this post. If you desire to take the course but have a financial hardship, please contact me at… Continue Reading…

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The 10 Most Likely Reasons You Haven't Found Your Life Passion (+ win free entry into my Path to Passion course!)

By on March 25, 2013
Looking Under Bed(Special Note: Make a comment below about this post topic and why you’d like to join my upcoming Path to Passion Course, and I’ll select a winner to join for free! Please share on social media too.)

Depending on which survey you read and where you live, somewhere between 70-80% of people… Continue Reading…

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The One Thing You Keep Doing That Will Forever Hold You Back

By on March 19, 2013
4_birds_1_different“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’d be willing to bet if I asked you what you did this morning, 80% of what you did was the same as what you did yesterday morning, and the morning before,… Continue Reading…

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