40 Things I Did To Transform My Self and My Life

I have been on my own now for just over seven years.  Seven is a magical number and realizing this has caused me to sit back and think about all that I did to transform and empower myself – and to ultimately completely change my life. It has been a time of sweet and joyous [...]

Courage, Hate and Fear

I am thinking about all the hate, you know? Hate is really about fear. That’s why it’s so important to cultivate all kinds of COURAGE in your life. There are many different kinds of courage and they all require concentrated practice and awareness: the courage to face difficult emotions, the courage to forgive, the courage [...]

Cultivate Courage Daily

Have you gotten brave enough yet? Brave enough to REALLY believe in yourself THIS TIME? You can. You must. Being brave is a skill and all skills must be learned. You’ve got to practice being brave everyday. Start small, think big, scale up. Everyday you’ve got to promise yourself you’ll do one thing that’s outside [...]

Say Yes and Learn

Try not to say no when an opportunity arises. Women are accustomed to backing off. Say yes to almost anything that makes sense for you and your life even if you don’t know quite what to do. Just say yes — and then figure it out later. Try not to let fear and lack of [...]

Get in the Game

Stop listening to the naysayers. There are so many! Surround yourself with people who believe in you and will encourage you — and then just get in the game! You don’t have to know everything all at once or have perfect conditions in order to try something new, launch a project, make a change, or [...]

The Biggest Hurdle

As a woman who has followed rules, scripts and prescribed roles all my life, the biggest hurdle I’ve had to overcome was to break away from the expectations other people had for me and to reinvent myself. It’s easy to give up on the idea of changing yourself — lots of people simply don’t want [...]

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