Tag Archives: happy life

Everyone needs encouragement. Life can be tough. If you are worn down or tired, it can be easy to be brought down. No matter how positive you are. Especially since we are surrounded by negativity in the media, internet and in our workplace etc. Being around people trying to bring …

Do you find yourself falling into destructive patterns and into a vicious cycle that you desperately want to break? You know you shouldn’t do something, but you find yourself still doing it? Then you get down on yourself, because you cannot believe that you did it again? Or have you …

Why do we take things so personally? We are the first ones to turn the blame onto us. If someone is angry, we wonder “What did I do”? Also, if we have not heard from someone for a while, we may automatically think that we did something wrong. Somehow, we …

Having complete control was an extremely stressful way to live my life. I hated the “not knowing”. I hated surprises. I need to be in control of everything. That way things would not go wrong, my life would run more smoothly and I would not get hurt. I knew what …

“Do you have any regrets”? I was recently asked this deep and powerful question. My answer was “No. I do not have one single regret in my life”. The 22 year old young man who asked me this, looked shocked by my answer. He had listened to a radio show …

Self-Care is vitally important. Many of us were brought up believing that if we put ourselves first, that we are being selfish. As a result, we sacrifice our well-being. We push ourselves beyond our limits to the point of depletion. We work so hard and forget to use the word …

Going to a live taping of The Price is Right has been a lifelong dream of mine. I grew up watching it with my grandmother. I am not the only one that is captured by the special magic of this show. For 43 years, hundreds of people have gathered to …

Having too much pride can destroy your important relationships and your life. You would rather suffer silently than bog others down with your struggles. People look to you for strength. You always hold it all together. You try so hard to be perfect and positive. You do not want to …

Self-sabotaging is a very common behavior. Just when things are about to get good, do you wreck it for yourself? I have done this numerous times. It all boils down to low self-esteem and low self-worth. You believe it is too good to be true. Even though, you want these …

When you feel unappreciated, you may start to wonder…”what I am even doing this for. Does anyone care, other than me?” You work so hard or you care so much, and think, does it even matter? You can begin to doubt whether you are doing the right thing and start …