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The Queen of My Self
A New Bridge to Cross
By
Donna Henes
By Cindy LaFerle “I was in the midst of a hugely profound change and I wasn’t altogether sure of who I would be when the process was complete.” — Donna Henes, The Queen of Myself I finally figured out what I need to do next. The light dawned while I was weeding the…
The Courage to Be Happy
By
Donna Henes
by Laura Grace Happiness is inward and not outward; and so it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. –Henry Van Dyke Happiness is our birthright. It’s the goal of our life. Yes, there will be times when we will suffer, but some of the most influential and healing people…
The Worst Day
By
Donna Henes
It is all in the way we wish to see things. This profound understanding is perfectly expressed in a poem by Chani Gorkin, an extraordinarily wise-for-her-age 11th grade Hasidic girl in Crown Heights, Brooklyn: Today was the absolute worst day ever And don’t try to convince me that There’s something good in every day Because,…
Learning to Approve of Me
By
Donna Henes
By Joyce Rothman Low self esteem and the desperate need for approval has plagued me since childhood. Never thinking I was enough, surely everyone else knew better than me what I should do or how I needed to act. Or so I thought. It took cancer to change my perspective and now my decisions…
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