Sep 18, 2012 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
I love a good rags to riches story not in terms of financial riches but the bigger picture riches of a life well lived filled with things that mattered most to the storyteller. My favorite stories are from women and lately I’ve happened upon some pretty amazing...
May 14, 2012 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
Recently I learned of a sad situation in which teen girls were posting YouTube videos of themselves and asking viewers to respond to the question, “Am I beautiful?” They often received cruel, heartless responses that only adds to the misery of the story....
Apr 9, 2012 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
This week I brought my daughter and her two besties (she will be so annoyed that I used that word) to work with me. My work for that day was giving three different presentations on bullying to 200 (in each group) grade school students, their teachers, and...
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...
