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Next Steps Towards Being the Real You
Sometimes, Putting one Foot in Front of the Other is the Hardest Part Whether you are 18 or 80, you can be faced with a moment when you need to re-invent yourself like Danita did. Our childhood experience, environment and circumstances can have us erroneously believing that making a big change is too difficult, scary…
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Happy 18th Birthday!
“Youth is wasted on the young.” I was 18 years old, just moved to New York City, and was standing in Central Park reading the only quote by Shakespeare that I’ll probably ever be able to remember. “This quote is speaking directly to me,” I thought. And yet, I knew it meant something more than…
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Chasing the Blues
Sometimes “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” won’t cut it! Sometimes you are down and need to hibernate or back off from your usual activities to re-group. Trust me, this is a normal thing and you should not feel ashamed of wanting to do so. Self help books will tell you that it is just a matter…
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Buying the “Perfect” You
Can a girl or woman really buy her way to happiness? One of the biggest issues we deal with as women is media messaging. We are inundated with from the moment we start to consume mainstream media…television…toys…games…music…etc, as little girls. It has been proven that girls only need to watch 3 minutes of media or…
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Afraid of the Dark
I can remember as a little girl being afraid of the dark. As the only girl in my family, I had to sleep alone in my own room. My parents read Dr. Benjamin Spock, and no way was I allowed to crawl into bed with them in the middle of the night. I remember wishing…
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Focus on Your Body: YOGA!
Exercise can relieve stress, so it does not have to be hard work. How many of you like to go to the gym, where it smells like sweat and you have to break your back to get in shape? I’ll tell you a secret. I can’t stand the gym. The smell. The people watching each…