Have you ever given your power away? There are so many ways it can happen: You let someone else take the lead on a project because you think they’re smarter than you. You defer to your partner’s ideas about where you should go for dinner because you don’t feel like arguing. You pull over to [...]
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The One Thing That Won’t Be Perfect About Your Soul Mate
Do you believe in soul mates? If so, do you have a vision of what yours looks like? Perhaps you’re married to your soul mate, so you have a perfectly clear visual. Or maybe you have an image of your ideal mate, but you have yet to meet. Or you already met, but it didn’t [...]
8 Tips for Dealing with Negative People
You’ve all been there: You’re having a great day. Maybe your best day ever. The planets are in alignment and everything is going your way. Everywhere you go, doors open. Birds fly in synchronized patterns above your head. People smile and give you cash. Nothing can stop your positive juju and seriously slammin’ vibes! Or [...]
A Special Message from “Life in ZD”
When I first saw this photo on Flickr, I thought, I have to put that picture in my blog! I popped it in my Favorites folder and waited for the perfect opportunity. What zany situation would best be exemplified by a kitten popping its head out of a shutter? What emotional state would be poignantly [...]
The Key Ingredient to a Healthy Relationship
What does “Happily Ever After” mean to you? Perhaps you think of a couple, holding hands and walking into the sunset. But what happens after they stroll out of the frame? Do they keep holding hands? Do they remain in a rapturous, blissed-out state? Or do they get into a fight about which way to [...]
What a Simple Email Taught Me About Love
Have you ever found yourself in the position of doing something less than loving? I’m sure you haven’t – I’m sure you’re totally loving all the time. But me? Not so much. People who know me might be surprised by this comment, but it’s true. Oh sure, I may appear all nice and copasetic on [...]
What My Dyson Vacuum Cleaner Taught Me About the Precariousness of Perfection
What’s your relationship to perfection?! Do you constantly strive to achieve it in every area of your life? Or do you thumb your nose at such an archaic and unrealistic concept? Either way, this post is for you! I recently shared a story about a 93-year-old man and what he taught me about perfection. Now [...]
How I Got Schooled by a 93-Year-Old Toastmaster
Have you ever underestimated someone? Perhaps you decided they weren’t smart enough. Or cool enough. Or nice enough. Or spiritual enough. I don’t know about you, but I find that my snap judgments of people are usually wrong. I mean, first of all, it’s a judgment. That’s a problem right there. Secondly, I’m taking a [...]
Why Grown-Ups Need Time-Outs Too
When was the last time you had a time-out? And by time-out, I don’t mean someone ordered you to go to your room for fifteen minutes and think about why you felt the need to steal your sister’s teddy bear. Although if it would benefit you to do this, by all means, go for it! [...]
6 Things You Need to Know About Boundaries. Plus: The Best Demonstration of Boundaries EVER!!
When you hear the word “boundaries,” what comes to mind? A crossing guard in full uniform, his squinty eyes leveling you with disdain? Or an insurmountable barrier, like a barbed-wire fence with Rottweilers on the bottom and sharp, pointy spikes on top? Or maybe you think of “boundaries” in the psychological sense: A granola-loving, tofu-smacking [...]
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