Lessons from a Recovering Doormat

Today I have a very special guest—Cheryl Harvey Hill. She’s not famous and I doubt you’ve heard of her. But to me, Cheryl is a hero. At only 5′ 2 ½ tall and less than 100 pounds, Cheryl is one of the strongest, most courageous people I know. She has beat many odds and has…

This is post 134 in my series on the Law of Attraction in Action. You CAN use your power to attract all that you need. I do it every day! Read all the posts in my Law of Attraction in Action Series to see how. People ask me how I learned so much about the…

I was recently at a playground with a toddler. Most of the kids were older. As he watched older boys going on the bigger swing with no safety bars, he he wanted to go on it too. I told him that those swings were for bigger kids and he was too little. He’s not quite…

I was watching a TV talk show and a woman in a bad relationship went on and on about how she read every book she could to learn how to fix her guy and she was frustrated that he hadn’t changed. She complained that it seemed hopeless to fix him. Many people feel the same…

What makes you happy? I mean really happy, the kind that keeps you content through life’s ups and downs. I used to think that when I had more money to buy the stuff I wanted I’d be happy. But when I got more, it didn’t change anything on the inside so I continued to be…

When I was a DoorMat, I had no self-love and never even considered that I deserved anything better than what I had. People told me I did. So did self-help books. But I knew until I told that to me it would never sink in. As I began to feel a little self-love, I wanted…

This is post 133 in my series on the Law of Attraction in Action. You CAN use your power to attract all that you need. I do it every day! Read all the posts in my Law of Attraction in Action Series to see how. Years ago I read a book that talked about how…

I often promote gratitude. It’s a great way to feel good and helps you attract more goodies. Now it’s time to turn that onto YOU. It’s so easy to take yourself for granted or lose your perspective if you’re busy pleasing other people. Yet who feeds and takes care of you. You do! YOU are…

Last Friday my post was What, Me Worry? A reader asked for help with dealing with her child’s fears. Since we all get scared of the unknown sometimes, I’m answering here. Kids and adult can both think ahead and imagine the worst-case scenario. Or we just think that something bad will happen, even though there’s…

Courage and perseverance can make goals real, as shown in this interview with Lisa Paul. In 1984, as an American college student and nanny living in Moscow, she came to Inna Meiman’s house for her first Russian language lesson and a friendship began. In her new book, Swimming in the Daylight, Lisa chronicles Inna’s struggle…

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