Lessons from a Recovering Doormat

Lessons from a Recovering Doormat

December 2007 Archives

New Year’s Eve Blessings

I’m still immersed in my last minute New Year’s cleaning. But I’m also excited for tonight. I love to start the new year well and I will have a special entrance into 2008. Confession: I’ll be home solo tonight! Confession: [...]

Carnival of Healing #118

Welcome to the Carnival of Healing #118I’m absolutely delighted to be hosting the last for 2007. The Carnival is a weekly round-up of personal blog posts on the topics of holistic health, wellness, spirituality, and self-empowerment. It’s coordinated by About.com’s [...]

Why New Year Resolutions Can Hurt You

New Year’s eve is a time that many of us make resolutions—often grand ones. I used to do it too. It feels SOOOOOOOO good to make them. Oh yes, THIS is the year of change for the better. Some extra [...]

Manhattan is Da Bomb around Christmas

I’ve spent Christmas in Florida and California. I see it in other places on TV. But nothing—literally NOTHING—can compare to my city at holiday time. When friends from out of town visit during this time of year, I love to [...]

Previous Posts

How to Receive a Compliment
How do you respond when someone gives you a compliment? Do you say something to negate it? Many of us do. For years getting compliments was almost painful because I didn’t think I deserved them or I was afraid owning them would turn the person off. Growing up I was taught that people would like me

posted 12:01:48pm May. 17, 2013 | read full post »

What Makes You Happy?
Lynda Wallace After twenty years as a highly successful executive with Johnson & Johnson, where she was responsible for a $1B portfolio of businesses including Band-Aid, Neosporin and Purell, Lynda Wallace chose to change careers to pursue her passion. She now helps individuals and groups apply

posted 12:01:46pm May. 16, 2013 | read full post »

Law of Attraction in Action: Being Cheap with Yourself
This is post 235 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. Last week I talked about Being Cheap with Friends. There are different dynamics when youâ€

posted 12:01:31pm May. 14, 2013 | read full post »

Who Is Your Body Image Role Model?
When I interviewed a woman who had been a model she said that the worst feeling was being a model, thinking she had a good body and then having her photos airbrushed to make her look slimmer and more perfect. Yet so many of us compare ourselves to models and other images in the media. That’s so un

posted 12:01:28pm May. 13, 2013 | read full post »

Standing Up to Aggressive Types
Some people are used to bullying. And it’s hard to stand up to them because it could be intimidating. I was bullied a little in middle school and got others to stand up for me because I was too scared to stand up for myself. Some tough words or threats made me try to hide behind my people pleasing

posted 12:01:09pm May. 10, 2013 | read full post »


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