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Are you afraid of how great the thing you want to do would be if you actually did it? Does just thinking about it scare you? Aren’t we hilarious–oooh, I’d like to do that, I think I might even be great at that…or, you know, maybe okay at it…I mean, I wouldn’t even know how…
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Do you use the Amy Method of setting and achieving goals? Not sure? Let’s test it: Decide setting goals is the way to go, because, A goal without a plan is just a dream, is a wicked cool quote even though it doesn’t quite fit…but you figure the first step is a realio-trulio goal. Decide…
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My mother, Joan Kennedy has been saying daily affirmations for, gee, 50+ years, she’s been speaking and writing about the benefits of daily affirmations for 40+ years, I always listened to my mom and have been wowed by her public speaking talks for 30+ years. How long do you think I’ve been saying daily affirmations? Less…
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Back in April I wrote a post Hopelessly Devoted to You, in it I wrote about being devoted to yourself–I’d like to continue the conversation, because it’s important, and because I like to repeat myself :). Question, how often do you say to your best friend, What an idiot! Why won’t you learn? Could you be…
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Hey! Are you allowing your life to simply happen? Like not even an auto-pilot life, but more like a ricocheting life–ping-ponging around as things hit. How’s that working for you? Not too swell, right? It sure the heck wasn’t working for me! I mean, I wanted to be moving forward, making improvements, not writing the same…
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Look, I love to flip through an In-Style or Vogue once in awhile–and I love to see what everyone’s wearing on the red carpet, but I am not a slave to fashion. I am a happiness warrior. For others as well as for myself–you will be happy, dammit! Which also means, I like to wear…
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Who are you hopelessly devoted to? Child Lover Partner Parent Sibling Friend… What about yourself? Did that make you feel a little squeemy? (It’s a word.) A whole lot selfish, or maybe you think I’m selfish for even asking the question. Well let me tell you why I ask this; I was feeling lost in my…
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Have you ever noticed how, when you stop doing something good, like: writing, drawing, dancing, exercising, meditating, delivering a baby,* even if you start to want to do it again, your “this is so good for my soul” muscle says, “um… sorry, no.” *Of course I have to tell you the story of the interruption…
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Magic Beans: Everyone else thinks they’re crap and nothing happens until you plant them! I am the queen, nay empress, of handfuls of magic beans: hey, look at these beans, aren’t they cool? Not really. Oh. ~~~~Garbage hey, look at these beans, what should I do with these beans? You should set those beans aside…
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The beauty of a woman is an intangible thing. Not found in a particular shape or a certain color. Not the tilt of her eyes or the curve of her lips. The beauty of a woman is found in her holding space for her sorrows and yours. The beauty of a woman is found in…
