This is a story about how I motivated myself to stop procrastinating and write a book. I stall when it’s time to tackle tasks I find challenging, unpleasant, intimidating, or overw ...
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Scared to Wear My Own T-Shirt
Imagine being scared to wear your own T-shirt because you’re worried what people will say or think about you. I once designed a T-shirt. It featured a graphic of a tap shoe, with ...
Spinning a Hula Hoop of Yes
When I was eight, my mother obviously thought I was very cute and very talented. She would dress me in super fancy clothes and take me from Long Island into The City to audition f ...
The Sad Rhinestone Lady, Afraid to Try
The store where I purchase rhinestones requires customers to take a number and wait to be called. Over the years I’ve come to know every clerk there. We TALK. When I hear my num ...
In a Nutshell of Stress and Anxiety
Stress and anxiety are friends, but they're not your friends. There is no part of you that thrives in their presence. Yet, there they loom. When life doesn't go as expected o ...
A Letting Go Ceremony
Celebrate the release Of the countless ways to make positive change in your life, one that works for me particularly well is planning A Letting Go Ceremony. The event is bu ...
Lost Wallet. Found Faith.
Someone once told me, "If you lose a piece of jewelry - it’s meant for someone else." Thank goodness the same doesn’t apply to wallets. I lost mine last week. It fell out my po ...
The Struggle Bus of Limited Thinking
Stinkin' thinkin'! By the time I was an independent young adult, I was a full-time passenger on the struggle bus of limited thinking.I didn’t realize this until my older sister br ...
12 Ways You’re Making Life Harder Than It Has to Be
I used to live, for wide stretches of time, with—and in—drama, stress, and chaos. I made my life difficult due to my thoughts and habits.But then at some point, I started having mo ...
You’re Better Than That
The day my mother said these words to me changed my life.I’d just graduated from college and was in a relationship that didn’t make sense.Oh, it made sense to me at the time … that ...
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