Tag: self esteem
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A grateful heart
No time to read? Listen here: I hope you enjoy this excerpt on the beauty of gratitude from my next book, The Beautiful Road! Sara Ban Breathnach’s 1995 book, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy was more than a bestselling book—it was, and is, a revolutionary way of living. It offers a…
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Beautiful Someone, Come Home to Now
No time to read? Listen here: I hope you enjoy this excerpt from my next book, The Beautiful Road! We’ve all heard it before — “Be in the moment.” It’s screened onto coffee mugs, whispered in yoga studios, printed on posters everywhere. And if you’re anything like me, maybe it used to drive you…
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We’re not meant to blend in
No time to read? Listen here: “Number 12 Looks Just Like You” is an episode from the original Twilight Zone, written by Rod Serling and based on the fable The Beautiful People by Charles Beaumont. The episode depicts a dystopian future where beauty is everything. By age 19, every young person must go through a…
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Hot situation? Stay cool!
Please enjoy this excerpt from my upcoming book: Keep Cool in Hot Situations: Start to Thrive When Conflict Arrives No time to read? Listen here! We’ve got a range of ways to respond when someone is being thoughtless, unfair, or rude to us. Walking away is one of them. On the outside, walking away may…
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See what’s possible in July, Week 1: The Beautiful Road
Philosopher Alan Watts once told this story: Once there was a farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, his neighbors came around to sympathize. “We’re so sorry your horse ran away,” they said. “That is unfortunate.” The farmer responded, “Maybe.”
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Introducing The Sparks and Whispers Mysteries
No time to read? Listen here! [sonaar_audioplayer albums=”1914″ artwork_id=”” player_layout=”skin_boxed_tracklist” hide_progressbar=”default” display_control_artwork=”false” hide_artwork=”false” show_playlist=”false” show_track_market=”true” show_album_market=”false” hide_timeline=”false”][/sonaar_audioplayer] Ruby’s Water Wings is now available on amazon! About five years ago, my idea for The Sparks and Whispers Mysteries started to take shape. The stories would be aimed at children ages 8 to 12 or so…already reading…
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“It’s amazing what love can do”
Please enjoy this excerpt from my new book: You, Beautiful: Getting gorgeous from the inside out. Coming soon! No time to read? Listen here! When we say someone loves themselves, it’s not a compliment. Just the opposite. Loving yourself is being self-involved, selfish. It’s embarrassing to be described this way. “It’s amazing what love can…
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Be kind to yourself
Please enjoy this excerpt from my new book: You, Beautiful: Getting gorgeous from the inside out. Coming soon! Blossie’s Books started with journal entries, just pages of scribbles and reflections about my life: a young marriage, his infidelity, then divorce. Remarriage, infertility, miscarriages, then one day, two beautiful babies. Working for other people, then myself…
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Gratitude is hope
So I wanted a car to replace my 15-year-old Honda with more rust than body, with failing springs (which feels like driving with cinderblocks for wheels), and not one but two broken taillight covers. When I shared this with a cruel narcissist from my early life, I was told to be grateful that I had…
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