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“… strong professional women of all races are at risk of being classified as angry or humorless or just plain bitchy. Studies have shown that men who get angry are often rewarded in their career, while women who express anger tend to be penalized.” -Ilyse Hogue. This quote hardly needs any more explanation… except for… [Continue Reading]
Are you listenin’? And I am not talking about listenin’ to a bombardment of holiday ads to buy, the sound of cash registers, the voices of people clambering around stressed out searching to meet the expectations that come prepackaged with the season. Are you listenin’ to your true self and what you need? Does that… [Continue Reading]
Two Saturdays ago, I was immersed in Dr. Brene Brown’s work on Shame on Shame and Resilience. From that point forward, I knew I would be fundamentally changed but I had no earthly idea just how much. This whole week I have been observing my own shame reactions. I had actually thought that I had… [Continue Reading]
doubt |dout| noun a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction My question is: ”Does doubt exist if you have conviction and the feeling of uncertainty?” I say yes and this is why. Conviction is a heart-felt concept. You feel conviction in your soul. You just know what is right by you. Uncertainty… ah that is created by the ego. The ego and the… [Continue Reading]
I know that this applies to more than suffrage. But I cannot help but wonder how courageous the suffragists were to have stepped out from the shadows of ” women are not smart enough to vote”. I think that for every overt suffragist there must have been 100 covert suffragists. Yes I did pull that… [Continue Reading]
I have been looking back at my life recently and began to see that my life has been like a big wall. Grounded, and in the early days that wall had the potential to become the wall of an office building to achieving success in business; a wall of a home, a structure of nurturing… [Continue Reading]
I am not sure whose problem it is or if there are actually two problems in the tale of the Frustration of Wasn’t…. Today while walking in around the neighborhood I was feeling resentful, thinking of old emotional wounds that have never really healed properly. I try hard to please others mainly because it also… [Continue Reading]
I find myself in one of the many STATES of CONFUSION. In my piece of the world, these states can look like: Lethargy Over excitedness Needing to shop Wanting a drink… Real bad! Needing to eat chocolate, or cake, or the whole loaf of bread Deep sixing Self Care so that I become a wreck… [Continue Reading]
…Makes no difference who you are. The song written for Walt Disney’s 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio, rings so true when it comes to our dreams and happiness. We forget the “makes no difference who you are”! We do not dignify our dreams and wish for happiness. Perhaps we ignore our wishes out of feeling embarrassed,… [Continue Reading]
It is a common line used in the break-up of a relationship. Often this line leaves the other person thinking it is really “them”. We use this line to soften the blow when we end the relationship, but we really think it is “them”. The line “It’s not you, its me” is true however, it… [Continue Reading]
When I was growing up in Trinidad, I was repeatedly told that I was "too emotional". I have struggled with that label for … [Read More...]
It was the size of a small marble for more than 10 years, the lipoma on my shoulder. I used to feel it right under … [Read More...]
What is the basis of this question? The basis of this question is approval or disapproval. Will people … [Read More...]