Tag Archives: femme fatale

How do you want to feel?

Make a list of all the ways that you want to feel. Do you want to feel confident? Smart? Alluring? Abundant? Come up with as many things as you can. Now, we’re going to do a little exercise. Write out your desired ways of feeling as questions: Why am I so confident? Why am IContinue reading “How do you want to feel?”

Describe the woman who has everything you desire.

Describe how you will think, feel, and act when you have everything you want. How do you dress? What do you spend on? What do your relationships look like? How do you move in the world? What is one way you can start bring this woman right now, today? Do it. It doesn’t have toContinue reading “Describe the woman who has everything you desire.”

Meno Mayhem

Menopause is absolute mayhem. Here are a few products that have worked for me to calm the hot flashes and relieve symptoms: LadyCare Plus magnetic therapy device. I just got this yesterday, and it’s already helping. Small and affordable, it uses a 2000 gauss magnet to help with symptoms without hormones. As a bonus, itContinue reading “Meno Mayhem”

I want to be pretty

It’s strange, the things I remember sometimes. Today, I was thinking about what I wanted to be when I grew up. And the only thing I can really remember thinking was that I wanted to be pretty. I also think that that was probably the one answer that I never gave when asked. I guessContinue reading “I want to be pretty”

The problem with memories

I remember it all very clearly: watching the Challenger explosion during school. I can see all the kids gathered together on the library steps at my elementary school to watch the teacher going into space. The excitement of watching the Space Shuttle launching; how quickly the television was turned off when it all went soContinue reading “The problem with memories”

Perfect is boring. Be interesting, instead.

You can be perfect or interesting. True perfection is impossible. Therefore, you MUST be interesting. I am a recovering perfectionist. Observation: perfectionism can lead to paranoia and paralysis. It is beyond humbling to realize that no matter what you do, it will never be perfect. Never enough. Flawed. Wrong. But it is the little imperfectionsContinue reading “Perfect is boring. Be interesting, instead.”

Shame is like a virus

So, feelings. I’m talking about the ones we don’t like – anger, guilt, sadness, fear – those all (as near as I can tell) come pre-installed. They are natural. There is nothing wrong with you if you feel the “negative” feelings. Anger – this comes up when your boundaries are violated Guilt – you haveContinue reading “Shame is like a virus”

Self-Esteem

“Self-esteem is the disposition to experience oneself as being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life, and as being worthy of happiness. Thus, it consists of two components: (1) self-efficacy – confidence in one’s ability to think, learn, choose, and make appropriate decisions; and (2) self-respect – confidence that love, friendship, achievement, successContinue reading “Self-Esteem”