self love

Confidence Doesn’t Give Men Erections; Vulnerability Does

Are women with confidence incapable of viewing men as human beings? There's a vile article by a blogger named Matt Forney making its way around the web recently that I refuse to link to because I don't want to give him the satisfaction. The piece is called "The Case Against Female Self Esteem," and while his ideas are hardly worth considering or engaging with, the conversation he brings up is an important one, so I thought I'd take a moment to reflect on his general theme and respond to some of his points in a broad way that I hope [...]

Do You Know The Personal Boundaries?

You are about to enter the personal boundaries zone, proceed with caution. Creating and Maintaining Healthy Boundaries Boundaries are the mental, emotional and even physical limits that we create for ourselves which prevent outside forces from getting into our personal space and defining who we are and how we live our lives. These boundaries preserve our integrity and give us the power to take responsibility for our own actions and take control of our life. Establishing personal boundaries can be challenging and we can easily feel like we are being selfish by letting others know what we want and what [...]

Self-Sabotage-Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?

Self-Sabotage.  Change Your Mindset As human beings, we have an intriguing ability to be able to self-sabotage and become our own worst enemy – often without even realizing it. When things start to go well in our lives we frequently find some way or another to screw it up! And nine times out of ten we don’t even need anyone else’s help, we are quite capable of making a mess of things all on our own. There are hundreds of ways we do this. We kick a bad habit, feel really good about ourselves and then fall off the wagon [...]

I’m Not A Perfect Person

I'm Not A Perfect Person. I'm perfectly imperfect. https://youtu.be/eUXMN5mqYnI Choices Are you constantly trying to be a perfect person?  Every day we are faced with choices. There is not a person on this planet that has not at one time or another made a poor choice. We all make mistakes. Sometimes, we make the same mistake more than once. What drives us to do the same thing over and over again if we know that the outcome won’t be positive? We are habitual creatures and the universe will continue to throw us the same curveball over and over again [...]

Measure Your Life With Love

525,600 minutes...How do you measure a year in life?  Measure your life with love! Love is a plethora of emotions that can smack you right upside the head and turn your world upside down in a matter of moments. Measure Your Life With Love I was 14 years old, summer 1979-The year I transitioned from tomboy to girl as I walked down a Manhattan street with a Wire Hair Fox Terrier wrapped tightly around each wrist. This was the first time I felt the stinging of love like someone squeezed lemon in my eyes. It was love at [...]