Lessons from a Recovering Doormat

Since I’ve been posting about happiness all week, I thought this topic was appropriate to end the week—seeing the world through the eyes of the kind of optimism that being happy can give you. Sometimes when I try to be optimistic about someone following through on their word or I try to do the right…

I’ve been talking about happiness all week. It’s important to understand how our adult concept of happiness affects our kid. That’s why I’m happy to have Jonathan Hewitt, author of Life Ki-do Parenting: Tools to Raise Happy, Confident Kids from the Inside Out as my guest today. Jonathan has been studying meditation, mindfulness, and the…

This is post 212 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. Yesterday I wrote about why happiness is so important to develop from…

While it’s not officially happiness week, I’m calling it that and my posts this week will all relate to happiness. Why? BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY!! I endured many years of unhappiness when I was a DoorMat. Even when I thought I was happy, looking back, I wasn’t. Often what I labeled happiness…

Years ago I wrote a song called Denial after a discussion with a friend about a guy I’d been seeing who lived with blinders on. He ignored obvious things he did that caused him trouble and acted like everything was okay when everyone else knew it wasn’t. He was far from stupid and I know…

I’m delighted top have Friedemann Schaub MD., Ph.D., the founder of Cellular Wisdom, back as my guest today. He works with people to help them improve their health using both inner tools and his medical background.  I’m also thrilled to be part of the launch for his new book, The Fear and Anxiety Solution. His…

This is post 211 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. When I was transitioning from being a DoorMat into being an empowered…

When I began to say “no” to people or changed my habits in my DoorMat days, I found myself having defend what I did. People were used to me one way—always agreeable—and some didn’t like the new more empowered Daylle. I often found myself defending what I did or having to make excuses for not…

I’m still reeling from hurricane Sandy. I live in NYC and could have never imagined something so catastrophic hitting my city and the areas around me. But it did! We don’t get hurricanes often in the NY area. And when we do, the city itself is usually spared. As the wind whipped outside my window,…

Today I’ll be talking about something very serious and also very important. I ask that you read this and pass it on!. Close to 15 years ago I attended the first big V-Day event at Madison Square Garden. V-Day falls on February 14th, the date we associate with love. Activist and playwright Eve Ensler, has been…

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