How to Use Your Intuition To Be More Creative

You’re on deadline, and you’re behind. You’re sitting at your keyboard, tapping letters then hitting delete. Over and over. Only an hour left. Why can’t you just get the words out? You decide to take a walk before you confess to your boss you’ll  be late. You’re imagining your promotion going down the drain. Then!…

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The 5 Habits That Lead to Healthy Self-Esteem

Remember the children’s chant, “Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief?” It matters not whether you’re a doctor, lawyer, subordinate, or chief; there is one thing many people from all walks of life have in common: low self-esteem. It hasn’t been in short supply during 2020 either. Yet not only does low self-esteem affect the…

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How To Use Your Failures To Create A Successful Life

use failures to create success

In life, failure is inevitable. All inventions from the wheel to the motorcar and airplane to the rocket began on a foundation of failures. Imagine the human who first had the idea for a wheel and wondered why his square stone didn’t roll very well! Fortunately for mankind, he went back to the drawing board…

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6 Ways History Can Create Or Destroy Our Future

If we learn from our past, we are aware of our errors and course correct. If we don’t know our past, we cannot learn from our predecessors’ or even our own errors. Ignoring our past or keeping it secret can lead to a bleak future prognosis for our lives. It’s time we uncover history, not…

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How Writing Can Help Us Through Times Of Disaster

We live in overwhelming times. Never has the world experienced a shutdown of all economies while battling an entirely invisible foe—the novel corona virus. Adding restrictions of personal freedoms, conflicting news reports, and the uncertainty creates a perfect recipe for fear and panic. Everyone has their own way of handling crisis. Yet writers can share…

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A Way to Cope With The Covid Times

Why working moms have it harder

Want a way to cope with The Covid times we’re in? Here’s an idea. Stop expecting so much. Stop trying so hard. I stepped into the only bathtub our family has right now this morning. I soon realized that there was scum on the bottom, my daughter’s hair on the rim, and a lightning bug…

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5 Keys To Increasing Self-Esteem And Self-Confidence

Self-esteem and self-confidence aren’t synonyms. Though a connection exists between them, they’re different. Esteem has to do with how we see ourselves in terms of worth and self-love. Confidence is how we feel about our ability to perform. Someone can have great confidence in their abilities and yet think very little of themselves, while someone…

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Why Depression and Intuition Don’t Work Well Together

Let me tell you a secret.  Don’t trust your gut when you’re feeling out of sorts without getting to a more positive outlook first. And never trust your instincts when you’re clinically anxious or depressed. Here’s why depression and intuition don’t work well together. I’ll start with a real-life example. Even coaches have moods, and…

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