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Confrontation

Posted in Depression, Finding your real self, Getting unstuck, My personal story, anger, coping, creating amazing, emotional well being, learning, letting go of the past, life, mental health, self awareness, self esteem, tagged , , , on February 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »

‘You have a problem with confrontation’ ( a psych nurse)
‘You have not confronted the most important person yet - yourself’ (My counsellor)
Yikes….my body is wracked with fear and anguish. My experience of confrontation is negative….scary…frightening. Confrontation means I will upset someone, rock the boat, stand up for myself (and I always seem to fail at that). The last person I want to upset is me. I have already rocked my boat by giving up on my marriage….so what exactly does [...]

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Sitting at Life’s Train Station.

Posted in can do, creating amazing, emotional well being, learning, life, mental health, relationships, self awareness, self esteem on August 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »

This great poem fromCraig Harper really speaks loudly and clearly about the way life can pass some people by. Check it out:
It’s five fifteen in the morning.
You wake up excited with a day of new and amazing possibilities ahead of you.
You bounce out of bed and hit the floor running.
You jump in the shower, throw [...]

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Taking a small step to express my anger

Posted in Depression, Dragonslaying, anger, creating amazing, emotional well being, ex husband, learning, men, mental health, mother, relationships, self awareness, self esteem, separation, women on July 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »

When I was a child I was not allowed to express my anger at what I perceived to be injustice or unfairness. If I did, I was accused of being ungrateful. I had to be ‘good’ and it was somehow my fault if I was bad and I was never able to day something or [...]

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About friending and social networking online

Posted in In the Community, emotional well being, family issues, learning, life, mental health, mother, relationships, self awareness, self esteem, teaching, teenage girls on July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »

As a parent I am concerned about the phenomenon of MY SPACE – my kids are into it -as are many others. I am also a teacher of teenagers and have already witnessed the impact that a MY SPACE page can have within a peer group in the real world. I have come across this [...]

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Emotional Intelligence

Posted in Depression, anger, can do, creating amazing, emotional well being, family issues, learning, love, mental health, mother, relationships, self awareness, self esteem, teaching, women on July 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Well this is not about my relationship with the ex for a change! This is about me, you and everyone else! I am rather chuffed to say that I have been noted for responding to a clip of a scene performed by Sydney Poitier noting how it reflects what we are capable of if we [...]

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