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- Are you experiencing emotional chaos in your life? - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from Lorna BlakeSpiritual Coach, Terri Amos-Britt describes it as a state of feeling pressured to live up to other people’s standards and not allowing ourselves to be who we really are. According to Terri Amos-Britt, what happens when we’re in this state is we feel disconnected from our inner selves. It’s like ...
Views: 1474(1 vote) - How Can I Develop a Positive Attitude? - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Lorna BlakeThere’s a saying I grew up with as a child: “Ungrateful worse than obeah.” It means that living in a state of ingratitude for life, your situation, your circumstances is going to keep you locked into your difficulties… It doesn’t mean that we never complained but whenever we did the elders ...
Views: 1519(1 vote) - Are you playing small? Is that because you were told you’ll never amount to anything? - by Submitted on May 19, 2010 from Lorna BlakeAccording to Dr. Joe Rubino, the world’s leading authority on self-esteem optimization, many times as children we were told that we weren’t good enough. We may have gotten the message that we were not worthy of the best things in life and we accepted and absorbed these negative ideas. This ...
Views: 961(2 votes) - How Do I Set Appropriate Boundaries? - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2010 from Lorna BlakeI often meet people who ask my advice on this very question. It’s a very challenging issue for those of us who were taught that our role is to cater to everyone else’s needs, never speak up for our rights and always say yes to whatever you’re asked to do. This is especially challenging for ...
Views: 1210(4 votes) - Are you afraid to speak up for your wants and needs? - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Lorna BlakeOne of the most important skills we need to develop in order to be happy is how to ask for what we want. Yet most of us never learn. Others think they’ll lose the things that are important to them – friendships, relationships, job etc. Still, nothing seems to create more frustration and ...
Views: 1228 - How Can I Afford Time to Play? - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Lorna BlakeIt’s been said the number one regret people have when they lay on their death beds is that they took their lives too seriously. In other words they didn’t play enough. That’s pretty darn serious, isn’t it? So can you afford not to play? If you spend all your life working without taking time to ...
Views: 826 - How Do I Work Through Conflict? - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2010 from Lorna BlakeAddressing conflict can be challenging for many of us. Many times we either ‘fight’ or ‘fly’ depending on how we were raised and how we saw our families of origin deal with issues. ‘Fighting’ and ‘flying’ both lead to alienation and these are aggressive and passive responses respectively. ...
Views: 758 - The Power of a Smile - by Submitted on May 05, 2010 from Lorna Blake“Smile. Your smile lights up a room.” It was more than 20 years ago and I had been going through a difficult time. The stress was starting to show on my face. One of my mentors took me aside and she said: “ Smile, your smile could charm a ratbat!” Even though I had never encountered a ...
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