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My Recovery Depended on Me and Me Alone
My boyfriend and I struggled with a codependent relationship and it was my responsibility to grow and change for myself… Relationships are never easy, they take a lot of work. They must have trust,...
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How to Deal with Crappy, Toxic People
Sometimes I sit around having imaginary arguments with people I love/hate. They did this! And this! WHY?? I loved them. How could they do this!? I did THIS for them. WHY? I could do this fun activity...
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Been Burned? Betrayal, Denial, and the Bloody Beauty of It All.
I’ve been betrayed—severely. Thank God. Betrayal is such a defining experience—it lays your heart bare, and that’s a bloody, good thing. Bloody good. Betrayal shows precisely where you are weak and...
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Enter Into Full Partnership with Love
Love often appears at our door as a beggar in disguise. There are countless ancient myths that tell how the gods would show up at the door of someone’s home, appearing to be in dire straits. On the...
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Give up on Your New Year’s Resolution Yet? You’ve Entered the Groan Zone.
It’s pretty common really. We get into the new year, we make promises to ourselves and we tell those around us that we believe should know and then… two weeks later we’re back in real life and...
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Why Disagreement Does Not Have to Lead to Anger
As we close out the first month of a new year, many people use this time to make positive changes in their lives and set intentions for the year ahead. According to countless studies, weight loss is at...
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Don’t Fear Your Doubts and Insecurities — Let Them Drive Your Life
“Criticism didn’t really stop us and it shouldn’t ever stop anyone…” — Paul McCartney The greatest strides and triumphs of our lives will come when we cast fears and insecurities to the side — by...
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Will You Be Courageous This Year?
I don’t know if you feel it, but I’ve been very aware of how things are shifting around us. People are starting to wake up, step up, and speak up. We are starting to come together and think in a...
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A Yearly Challenge: How to Deal with Post-Holiday Clutter? Here Are My Seven...
I love the holidays! It’s a fun, festive, family-and friend-filled time. It’s also a messy, overwhelming, clutter-creating time. Over the years, I’ve developed some strategies to help deal with...
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The Reason Your New Year’s Resolutions Fail and What You Should Do Instead
It’s nearing the end of January, and I have one question for you: how are those New Year’s resolutions going? You know – the ones that sounded like this: I’m going to lose weight. Eat healthy. Quit...
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The Evidence Says I Hate Myself: Renegotiating the Distance Between Who I Am...
The more I learn about self-esteem, the more I realize that it’s not about taking care of what I want, it’s about taking care of what I need. It’s less about treating myself and more about parenting...
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The Mess of My Experience
Sometime in the last couple of years, I started asking others to move aside when I was feeling something they couldn’t handle, rather than shutting it down so they could be more comfortable. Rather...
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It’s Not How Much Email You Get, It’s the Lack of Purpose in Your Life
If you misidentify a problem, your proposed solution probably won’t work. Let’s say you have a headache, so you decide to amputate your leg. You’ll probably still have the headache, and then you’ll be...
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3 Simple Words to Make Getting Your Needs Met Way More Likely
A few months ago in the throes of mothering, business, and partnership with a husband/business partner flying at half-mast due to illness (he’s doing way better now), I realized I was operating under...
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How to Become a Millionaire
I was a poor high school student with mediocre grades. I didn’t play any sports. I had few friends. I’d go home and read and watch TV all day and night. I love TV. I was a mediocre college student. But...
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The Guide to Being Outrageous Before, After and While Grieving
I have to tell you. I am getting too used to living outside the box. With the minority. From outside the mainstream. From the corner of the universe. As a matter of fact, it is kind of fun to say...
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How Our Business Gives Back
When I started my own business, I made a decision to be public about our charitable giving. It was a practice I learned from Anita Roddick and the Canadian-based leaders (all women) of The Body Shop....
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How to Achieve Your Missed 2018 Goals in 2019
January is coming to an end, and with the New Year comes a time to reflect on the goals you achieved in the previous twelve months – as well how to overcome failure of not achieving some goals in 2018...
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A Meditation for Relationship Changes & Challenges
The Challenge of Change Adjusting to your life after the end of a relationship, marriage/partnership is different for each person but it rarely all falls magically into place. There will be a period...
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Being an Artist Is the Most Important Job for Society!
This is not what one usually hears when choosing a life in show business. Most people get a negative reaction from their friends and family when they tell them that they are going into the arts. “They...
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