{"id":9760,"date":"2019-09-08T09:09:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T13:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?p=9760"},"modified":"2019-09-08T09:09:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T13:09:25","slug":"what-are-your-awesome-accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2019\/09\/what-are-your-awesome-accomplishments.html","title":{"rendered":"What Are Your Awesome Accomplishments?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I made a list of ‘awesome accomplishments’ and invite you to do the same.<\/p>\n

Overcoming childhood health challenges
\nEarning a Masters Degree
\nBeing ordained as an interfaith minister
\nWorking for decades as a therapist
\nLearning seat of the pants journalism
\nCo-publishing a magazine for 10 years
\nWriting for Beliefnet, Elements Behavioral Health, The Temper, Your Best Life, Elephant Journal, Psych Central, HuffPo and The Good Men Project…more to come!
\nOvercoming my fear of being assertive and speaking my mind
\nWriting a book and co-authoring a few others
\nInterviewing His Holiness the Dalai Lama<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nCompleting an Outward Bound Course in New England in the winter of 1981
\nHosting a radio show
\nRaising a child solo after being widowed at 40 and keeping us in the same house we were in for all these years
\nRecovering from shingles, a heart attack and kidney stones in a year\u2019s time
\nRebounding from the deaths of my husband and parents and emerging even more resilient
\nTeaching around the world
\nTaking FREE Hugs on the road<\/span><\/p>\n

Being interviewed on KYW NewsRadio in Philadelphia<\/span><\/p>\n

Having Hugmobsters featured in major magazines<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nBeing a Cuddle Party facilitator
\nEmbracing the choices I have made since they have brought me to this moment
\nTraveling to Ireland<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nBecoming a certified Laughter Yoga Leader<\/span>
\nPutting down the symbolic self-flagellating whip
\nSetting appropriate boundaries in my relationships; rather than being \u201can emotional contortionist who would bend over backward to please people\u201d
\nFacing my Perfectionista and sending her on a much-needed vacation
\nRiding the winds of change, wherever they may blow
\nCommitting to love myself as I would a treasured other
\nHaving many friends who are gifts in my life
\nSetting daily intentions to have extraordinary experiences and connect with amazing people, and each day I do
\nBeing the go-to person for friends and family as a resource queen
\nSeeing my own inner and outer beauty
\nWorking my recovery program each day
\nBecoming an opti-mystic who views the world through the eyes of possibility<\/span><\/p>\n

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How would your life change if you claimed your magnificence?<\/p>\n

Would you feel more confident? Would your horizons expand?
\nWould your relationships be more fulfilling?
\nWould you take better care of yourself and make more self-loving choices?
\nWould you let go of worn-out beliefs that hold you back?
\nWould you take leaps of faith that might have terrified you in the past?
\nWould you face fierce fears? Would you attract more of what you desire and deflect what you don\u2019t want?
\nWould you embrace authenticity and reveal the real?
\nWould you heal from wounds?
\nWould you allow in people and experiences that buoy you up rather than bully you down?
\nWould you see awe and wonder in each moment?
\nWould you be willing to trade your old perceptions and the smudgy glasses that have the world appear blurred and distorted, for clear lenses?<\/p>\n

In this moment and all those that follow, I double-dog dare you to own your awesome. Brag on!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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