Showing yourself love is the best step toward developing self-love. A good way to do that is by developing your self-appreciation. So I have an exercise to help you begin to do that. How do you see yourself? Happy? Attractive? Pensive? Inquisitive? Tall? Smart? Write 10 nice adjectives that describe something about you. Mine are:…

Years ago I had a boyfriend who seemed to go from one extreme to another in everything. I asked him about it and he laughed when he said, “I don’t do middles well.” Living in extremes is what obsessive compulsive people do. It’s also reflected in DoorMats when they get fed up with the treatment…

I’m delighted to have an interview with Liz Holzemer today. When I heard her speak in April, I was so inspired by her courage and fortitude as she told the story of how she handled a scary diagnosis 10 years ago with a glorious sense of humor. After a frustrating year of trying to find…

Young people watch the antics of celebrities and think their bad behavior is okay since they get away with it. Nicole Richie drove drunk and went the wrong way and went to jail for a few hours. Many others have walked into jail and left a few hours later, including Lindsay Lohan. When she spent…

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