Lessons from a Recovering Doormat

Lessons from a Recovering Doormat

March 2008 Archives

Safe vs. Happy

Safety has been on my mind since Saturday when the crane fell on several building that I see right outside my window and talked about in my previous post, Shame on NYC–Building Crash Outside My Window. My neighborhood still feels [...]

Shame on NYC–Building Crash Outside My Window

For 8 years I’ve been tortured by construction going on outside my window. One building after another on East 51st, which my apartment faces, has been knocked down and built up since 2000. Drilling, clanking, banging and trucks beeping is [...]

Develop Bigger Cojones & Say YES” to More

Last night I was at a panel put on by the American Society of Journalists and Authors, which I’m a member of. Five editors of top magazines spoke about how to pitch them articles. There was a reception before the [...]

Position Yourself for Self- Empowerment by Dyan Garris

I write a lot about the Law of Attraction in a variety of situations. It really is the biggest power tool for getting what we choose to have. Yet so many people complain that they try to think happy thoughts [...]

Previous Posts

Law of Attraction in Action: Powering Your Vision Board
This is post 239 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 o see how. Last week I wrote a post on how to make a vision board with a video to explain it verbally.

posted 12:01:25pm Jun. 18, 2013 | read full post »

Getting Up After Being Knocked Down
It’s not uncommon to have life circumstances knock you down. So much is out of your control. The people who ran in the Boston Marathon, or came to watch it, didn’t expect a bomb to go off. People get knocked down in other ways every day. It can make you want to stay in and avoid life. Or you may

posted 12:01:40pm Jun. 17, 2013 | read full post »

Are All People Are Jerks Until Proven Otherwise?
I wrote the book, All Men Are Jerks Until Proven Otherwise, in 1998. Now it’s out in its 15th Anniversary edition because so many women found it helpful. Not surprisingly, I got questioned often over the last 15 years about the title being derogatory to men. It’s not male bashing. I believe that

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

How to Do Things You Could Never Imagine Doing
Trying new things is a great way to increase your self-empowerment. Knowing that you did something gives you confidence to try more new things. You may have to overcome fear in order to do something that seems hard. When I was a DoorMat, I stuck to what was familiar. I didn’t want to risk failing

posted 12:01:46pm Jun. 13, 2013 | read full post »

Law of Attraction in Action: Vision Boards
This is post 238 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. One of the things that I’ve discussed for making manifesting easier is to visualize what

posted 12:01:44pm Jun. 11, 2013 | read full post »


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