How to Develop Assertiveness Skills to Speak Up!
When challenged or feeling stressed most of us have a tendency to react in a passive, aggressive or passive/aggressive manner.
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Welcome Acknowledgment: How to Receive Appreciation with Ease
Introduction Do you find yourself struggling to accept acknowledgment, appreciation, or a compliments Are you often at a loss for words when someone praises your efforts? I used to be one of those people who would say, “It was nothing.” Why? Because in my head I heard my father yelling, “Who do you think you […]
Stop Procrastinating: Nine Ideas to Help You Take Action
The self-help leader and author of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill wrote, “Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.” Does this ring a bell for you? If so, have you wondered how to stop procrastinating? Do you repeatedly find […]
How to Deal with Your Acting-Up Teenager or Adult Child
Acting-Up Teenager by Bayard and Bayard has guided parents in dealing with their acting-up teenager or adult child.
Being Blamed: It’s Hard But You Can Handle It with Grace
Oftentimes people are attacking out of their own hang-ups and it has little to do with us.
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living – Book Summary
Untamed My friend, colleague, founder of Bodacity, and women’s business coach Jannette Anderson, started a book club. Jannette’s first choice was, Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living, by Glennon Doyle, also the author of Love Warrior and other publications, primarily memoirs. Doyle is a mother of three, struggled with bulimia, and later dealt with alcohol addiction. […]
Healthy Boundaries Can Protect Your Values
Personal boundaries provide an effective strategy to handle many different external woes or adversities. Survey respondents quoted in my book, From Woe to WOW, indicated such. An outreach worker wrote, “I wish I’d stood up to her,” an office receptionist wrote, “I should have stood up for myself months sooner,” and a nurse wrote, “I didn’t make the world a better place by running away.”
The ‘Disease to Please’ is Approval Seeking
How can you tell if you are addicted to approval?
Words, Women and Wisdom by Yvonne E.L. Silver – Book Summary
Yvonne Silver’s book, Words, Women and Wisdom is about growing into the magnificent potential of being a woman leader! She provides loads of tips.
Resilient Woman: Feminist, Comedian, and Actor, Joy Behar
Now in her seventies, Behar interests me as a role model who continues to learn, develop and grow. She rouses healthy controversy by telling her truth.
Blow Your Own Horn: Why and How to Self Promote
Ready to self-promote? Why would you? You will need to self-promote if ever you want to move up a career ladder or move into a desired position, or land a job or sell your services or product. How do you do it? Self-promotion is the ability to let others know your strengths, capabilities, and accomplishments. […]
10 Big Questions to Improve Your Communication Skills
Nancy Loraas, a Calgary-based executive, leadership, and communication coach, sent me a request to fill in a communications questionnaire. As I was filling it in I began to think, “My answers might be helpful to my readers; those interested in effective communication skills.” Consequently, I am sharing Nancy’s questions and my answers. Nancy’s Communication Skills […]
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