Lessons from a Recovering Doormat

Lessons from a Recovering Doormat

October 2010 Archives

Say “Yes” Slowly

DoorMats have a hard time saying “no.” I understand that. When you want to be liked, it’s hard to turn people down. But even if you can’t turn people down when they ask for a favor easily, you can control [...]

Being an Adult with Your Parents

I’m delight to have Tina Tessina, Ph.D. back as my guest blogger. Her articles always bring a great response as she has such a great take on life’s ups and downs. Tina is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in [...]

Law of Attraction in Action: Living in the Present

This is post 110 in my series on the Law of Attraction in Action. You CAN use your power to attract all that you need. I do it every day! Read all the posts in my Law of Attraction in [...]

Practice What You Speak

Feng Shui has always interested me. It’s the art of arranging your apartment in ways that attract more of what you want and allow energy to flow freely through it. There’s a lot more to it and I wanted 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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