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How to Make Big, Bold, Wildly Exciting Things Happen in Your Life
You're going to think this is a weird way to begin this article when you read what I write next, but bear with me. You'll see the relevance shortly. Sometimes in the morning when I'm taking a shower, and it's cold in the house, I can stand under the warm water forever. It feels so good ... Continue Reading
Registration is Open for The Simple Self-Confidence Course
You asked for it. And now it's here. Back in the fall, I sent a few questions to all of my readers asking what personal development issues would most interest you for a course. The resounding response was self-confidence. Along with Erin Falconer of the mega personal development blog Pick the Brain, I have created ... Continue Reading
You Are Invited! A Free Self-Confidence Webinar
At some point in our lives, all of us have suffered a crisis of confidence. Whether it was a situational issue or a lingering dark cloud of insecurity, a self-confidence problem holds us back from living fully -- from living a bold and fearless life. Many people believe that a lack of self-confidence is an innate personality ... Continue Reading
20 Simple Ways to Stoke Your Self-Confidence
Once upon a time there was a small child known as you. This child was born into the world pure and perfect, aware only of its own needs. If those needs were met, if someone held you, fed you, kept you safe and warm, your world was perfect. Even as you got a bit older, if your ... Continue Reading
The Most Important Tool You’ll Ever Need For Life Transformation
Sometime in your life you will go on a journey. It will be the longest journey you have ever taken. It is the journey to find yourself. ~Katherine Sharp If I could have only one tool at my disposal to help me on my journey of personal growth, self-awareness, and life transformation, it would ... Continue Reading
Life After Tragedy: The Unexpected Gifts in Catastrophic Events
A guest post by Jennifer Boykin of Life After Tampons It’s been nearly twenty years since I held my newborn daughter Grace while she died. In those days, I thought I would never be free of my sorrow. But I have been, and there are actually great long stretches of my life when I ... Continue Reading
Personality Type: How It Impacts 3 Key Areas of Your Life
Do you know your personality type based on the Myers-Briggs personality assessment? If not, this is a tremendously beneficial tool in helping you understand yourself, your motivations and behavior, and how you interact with the people around you. And knowing the personality types of the people close to you is extremely helpful in understanding them and ... Continue Reading
15 Darned Good Reasons Why Self-Help Actually Helps
Special Note: The Empowerment Pack promotion will end on Thursday, January 19 at 9:00 a.m. EST. You still have time to get over 30 self-improvement courses and products from 25 top bloggers for 1/10 the regular price. Click here to check it out! The other day a friend proudly announced to me ... Continue Reading
A Personal Development Bonanza: The Empowerment Pack is Live!
On Monday, January 16, my partner Stephanie and I launch The Empowerment Pack, starting at 9:00 a.m. EST. We've invited 25 top bloggers in self-improvement and personal development to contribute their courses, guides, and eBooks, and we've packaged them together in a mega, self-empowering cornucopia for a fraction of what they cost individually. It's the ... Continue Reading
The Secret Life of the Self-Empowered
Have you ever been excluded from something? A club or team? Or maybe the life of the rich, beautiful, skinny, or successful? You feel like an outsider with your nose pressed up against the window, looking at all of the sparkly fun inside that you don't get to experience. That feeling of being left out, excluded, not part ... Continue Reading
The 20 Most Life-Altering Concepts I’ve Ever Embraced
Do you have one life lesson or philosophy that has changed the course of your life? Sometimes you can read something or have a life experience that hits you over the head with its brilliance and perfection. A huge mind shift takes place, and your life is forever altered for the better. These can be years in ... Continue Reading
Grief and Loss: 6 Steps on the Path to Healing
Are you suffering the pain and grief from some kind of loss in your life? If so, I extend thoughts of loving kindness your way. If so, I can empathize with you. Some years of your life are characterized by loss, and this has been such a year for me -- maybe for you too. I have experienced ... Continue Reading
How to Create Habits That Stick
Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it. ~Horace Mann Whether or not you make New Year's resolutions, the beginning of a new year is a psychological trigger for starting fresh. After all ... Continue Reading
12 Simple Ways to Prepare for Personal Development in 2012
The week after Christmas is a strange time. In some ways it's relaxing and peacefully pleasant. In other ways, it feels anti-climatic and unnerving. The anticipation and festivity of Christmas is over, but the New Year with all of its promise hasn't yet begun. You don't quite know what to do with yourself beyond picking up wrapping paper and ... Continue Reading

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