Why NOT Having It All Together Leads to Greater Happiness
So, I was on my way to get a much-needed massage today when "Sweet Caroline" came on the radio. Within seconds, I was in tears. It was my mom's song. It was the song we played at the recessional during her memorial service three months ago and it was the song she and I playfully danced to together at the Neil Diamond concert just last year.
It was the song that suddenly sent my joy on this beautiful spring day into a nose dive.
Love yourself and others will be attracted to you!
Follow the law of attraction and find the love of your life!
The law of attraction is the belief that "like attracts like" and that by focusing on positive thoughts, we can bring about positive results. Understanding this simple rule will transform your love life and empower you to attract a lifelong partner.
“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” --Tom Robbins
All of us have an Inner Child. Yep, you read me right: There’s a part of us that still needs love and good parenting. Learning how to create a strong connection with this aspect of yourself is essential to becoming a Naked Dater. In the second half of this article I will give you a technique that will show you how build this bond, but first let’s look at who this Inner Child is and why it’s so important for you to learn how to communicate with it.
“For beautiful eyes look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
~ Audrey Hepburn
When I read the above quote I reflected on many of my clients who feel deeply isolated and lonely during this season of love. After the death, divorce or break up with a significant other, it is easy to look at your life and feel very alone.
Give up the “Lone Ranger” approach and remember...even the Lone Ranger had Tonto! Go for love!
As you may know, I’m American. And one thing us Americans tend to value above all else is self-sufficiency and independence (wait, that’s two things... but you know what I mean). I mean, most of us have rebellious pioneers in our DNA and we pride ourselves on being “self-made”- not that there’s really such thing. Nobody is a “self-made” anything... there was a team (even if a team of one other person) of some sort behind the success of one person.
Dating Online? If you struggle with feeling lovable and positive, this post will inspire you!
Several of my dating coaching clients have contacted me this week feeling crummy about online dating. They are tired of the emailing and the men disappearing. They are bored with guys who don’t follow through or ask for a second date. As a dating coach for women in midlife, I totally understand how disheartening it can be. I myself went through this at 40 to find the man who became my adorable husband of 12 years now.
1. Start
2. Listen
3. Interrupt
4. Redirect
5. Recognize
6. Repeat as needed
1. Start
a. Decide you are going to work on what it means to love yourself. It sounds so corny and unattainable, but little by little it is completely possible, and enriches your life and the lives of others. Like Marianne Williamson said “Our deepest fear is not that we
What is confidence? Men and women of all ages throw out this word time and time again as something they are looking for in a mate and is the number one element both men and women find attractive in one another. People desire for one another to be comfortable in their own skin, sexy and solid in knowing who they are. It could look like something as simple as putting on a pair of heels to gain a sexy swagger, smiling at a man in a coffee shop to invite conversation or being at ease and enjoying a date. When you feel confident, you attract love and
Do you take care of your own mental, physical and spiritual needs?
... because you can't take care of anyone else unless you take care of yourself.
As a busy mom, you know how difficult it is to focus on yourself when you are constantly driving the kids to soccer practice, swimming lessons and play dates. Now that school is back in session, all of a sudden you have a little extra time. What will you do? There are three solutions to shaping your day and your week without the little ones around.
Music lyrics continue to create unrealistic and unhealthy perceptions of love. We go to the source.
Dearest Ne-Yo,
I used to like you.
“Miss Independent” was once my personal anthem, and I sang it loud and proud, feeling each word with every fiber of my being. “Cause she walk like a boss/Talk like a boss/Manicured nails to set the pedicure off/She’s fly effortlessly….” You CLEARLY knew what you were talking about.
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