Mar 12, 2012 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem |
19 years, 1 month, and 8 days ago I gave birth to my first child. After the initial tears of joy, the requisite finger and toe counting, family calls, and tears of joy, I was left alone for the first time with my newborn son. An overwhelming feeling of pure dread came...
Feb 28, 2012 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem |
I’m not a big Valentine’s Day fan. Not because I don’t like a little bit of romance, flowers, or chocolates it’s just that I don’t like the Hallmark Card, bad stuffed animal version of romance that lands on one day a year. Can’t we be romantic more frequently or at...
Feb 27, 2012 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
When I was a senior in high school my graduation plan consisted of working in downtown Chicago as somebodies administrative assistant, marrying my high school sweetheart, and having babies. All in all not a terrible plan and one that I’m sure I would have made more...
Feb 17, 2012 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
Over the last few months I have been training to be a life coach. I was required to practice interviewing individuals in order to complete my training. Instead of bothering strangers on the street, I instead bothered the people that I bother most, my friends. In...
Dec 26, 2011 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem |
Here’s how to have a really bad New Year: Act like and/or believe that you or any member of your family is a victim of some sort. Say things like: “Poor me, I have to do everything around here, no one helps me” or “My marriage is bad, I have no money, I’m a loser” or...
Nov 20, 2011 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem |
Every Thanksgiving I spend about 10 seconds thinking about what I’m grateful for. The list doesn’t change too much and it goes something like this, “I’m grateful for the health of me and all of those that I love, my family, my friends, work, and my dog.” The order is...
