Lessons from a Recovering Doormat

As someone who lives in NYC and watched the smoke on 9/11 rise south of my windows, I’m horrified and saddened by the senseless bombs that exploded during the Boston Marathon. My heart goes out to the people who were injured or killed, their families and friends, and everyone who has to live with the…

I hear it all the time. It’s a common complaint on a variety of levels. “Why can’t people keep their word?” People are stymied, frustrated, alarmed, disgusted, and generating many other negative emotions because someone they believed didn’t follow through on what they said. When you believe what someone says and they don’t come through,…

How nice are you? Are you so nice that you have negative emotions toward people who don’t appreciate you the way you feel you should be appreciated? Do you really think that it’s nice to feel that way for being nice? It’s not! Feeling used, taken for granted and unappreciated usually means that your version…

I often say that taking good care of your health is a great act of self-love. That’s why I’m thrilled to have Dr. Fabrizio Mancini, an internationally acclaimed wellness leader, educator, bilingual speaker and authority on self-healing as my guest today. His best-selling book, The Power of Self-Healing, was released in paperback Jan. 15, 2013.…

This is post 231 in my series on the Law of Attraction in Action. You CAN use your power to manifest your desires.. I do it every day! Read all the posts in my Law of Attraction in Action Series to see how. People often complain that they’re not getting what they want. But when…

We all get scared or anxious sometimes. But some of us wallow in those negative emotions as a lifestyle. Do you focus on “what ifs” so much that it seems like the definite outcome of something that worries you? Projecting beliefs about the unknown creates great anxiety and holds you back from doing things you’d…

Yesterday I had a guest post from Marilyn Tam called Are You Truly Happy and Free?  Happiness is so important to strive for. We all want it but it can seem elusive. So today I have a video that I hope will inspire you to go for yours!     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hh-EgTOxZM   Please leave comments…

Most people would ideally like to be happy. Yet achieving it can seem elusive. Having been an unhappy DoorMat for many years I can attest to how wonderful it is to actually be consistently happy. That’s why I’m delighted to have Marilyn Tam, author of, The Happiness Choice – The Five Decisions that Take You…

This is post 230 in my series on the Law of Attraction in Action. You CAN use your power to manifest your desires.. I do it every day! Read all the posts in my Law of Attraction in Action Series to see how. I recently took a trip. The morning I was leaving was a…

Did the resolutions you made last year fail to become true? It’s easy to decide what you want but much harder to get yourself to do what’s necessary. I’ve been through this too. I’ve had some dreams for years and intended to bring them to fruition—one day! The time was always in the future. I…

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