Do Affirmations Work?
An Affirmation is a powerful tool that can help you to transform your life dramatically. When created correctly, and practiced daily, affirmations can help you reprogram your subconscious mind.  Another way to describe affirmations is thinking on purpose. When you think on purpose, you are...
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Roommates or Soulmates?
"A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together.  It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences." - Dave Meurer
There is no such thing as a perfect marriage, husband, wife, or anything.
You’re kidding yourself if you think there is.
Like life,...
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Feeling Confident Over Fifty, Age is just a number...

So many people get caught up in their age...

but folks - it is just a number.... really.

And to be honest, it is what it is. So worrying about it, or fretting over getting older, isn't doing anything other than wasting your time, AND worrying about it is aging you (don't you know worrying...

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What Makes a Person Happy?

What do you think the answer is?

Money?

Status?

Security?

Relationships?

Nope, those things are all external circumstances and by their very nature cannot create any emotion.

Rather, it is what you think about having money or not having money, or what you can or cannot do because you have or...

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Shine Bright Like A Diamond

“𝘈 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘉𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 & 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴” - Coco Chanel

Her 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 true self.

 Being who she wants to be by choice, and on purpose.

Doing what she wants to be doing simply because she wants to be doing it.

Not because it is the "𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵" thing to be or...

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Why do we compare ourselves to others?

Oh, because it's normal.

However, often when you compare yourself to others, you lose sight of what’s important. Be onto yourself and remember, you are not in competition with them. 

Let's someone else's success inspire you, motivate you, dare I...

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My Word for 2022 - Courage

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”― Coco Chanel

Did you pick a word for 2022?

I started picking a word for the year a few years ago and this year my word was Courage.

There are multiple definitions of Courage, but basically, it comes down to having...
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Self-Confidence is a Choice

What does it mean to be self-confident?

“𝘍𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 ‘𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵?”  ------------ 𝐓𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐒!
 
That is NOT how confidence really works.
I used to fake feelings of self-confidence, and it always 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 on me.
I either came across as arrogant or super insecure!...
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Lies We Are Told...

Is that really true? Like really?

Have you ever stopped to think whether all the things you were taught to believe as a child are actually true?  

What makes something true?

Is something true because your teacher told you so? Your Mom? Dad? Minister? Best Friend? A respected elder?...

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C is for Confidence

Self Confidence is key! 

Yes, you've heard me talk about it before, and that's because it is so important to living a fulfilling and happy life. 

As children, most of us run around without a care in the world. We dance in the rain, we run naked through the house, we say what's on our...

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Thoughts - Part 2

Part 2 - If you haven't read part 1 yet - click here!

Now for the rest of the story...

In Thoughts Part 1, I explained the difference between the facts and your thoughts about the facts, and in Part 2, we are going to discuss how those thoughts actually create your feelings. 

Most people...

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Thoughts - Part 1

We all go around thinking thoughts - all the time.

Lots of them.

But how often are we telling our brain what to think versus listening to the chatter in our head?

If you are like most, you are doing more listening unconsciously than you are intentionally thinking thoughts.

Why does that matter?...

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