accepting yourself

How Eliminating Self-Judgment Can Boost Your Self-Worth

Imagine your mind as a courtroom, where you’re both the judge and the accused. When you judge yourself harshly, it’s like holding a trial where you’re constantly on the stand, being scrutinized for every action and decision. The judge (you) is stern and unforgiving, focusing on every mistake, no matter how small. The prosecutor (also…

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Productivity is Overrated

  Ready to replace self-doubt with acceptance? Have you been too busy, too tired, too stressed, and too overworked for too long? Are you killing yourself to get things done? Overwhelmed by how much more there is to do? Ever wonder if there’s a better way? Productivity is overrated in my opinion. For some reason,…

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Girl Power and the Super Bowl Halftime Show

  This is not my typical blog post, and it may ruffle some feathers, but I’m wound up and feel the need to address this. Like many of you, I watched the Super Bowl halftime show with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. Then  I read, watched and listened to the backlash that followed. In fact, a…

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Productivity is Overrated (IMHO)

Have you been too busy, too tired, too stressed and too overworked for too long? Are you killing yourself to get things done? Ever wonder if there’s a better way? Productivity is overrated. Yes, you read that right. I know I’ve been a big advocate of productivity – guilty as charged. For some reason, I’ve…

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Will the Real You Please Stand Up

My daughter participated in two fitness classes back to back, led by the same instructor. She told me how funny it was that the instructor was soft-spoken and ‘Zen like’ during the yoga class and then became a loud drill sergeant during the ‘combat’ class that followed. I wondered which of the two personalities she…

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