Victorious Women Everywhere – Let’s Celebrate!

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Who qualifies to be celebrated as an International Victorious Woman during the month of May? Do I qualify? Do you? To be considered victorious, a woman would have to overcome or achieve something. The international part typically means she is known internationally. While we will certainly give a nod to the internationally recognized women who […]

Setting Goals that Fit Your Personality Type Part II

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Last week, I wrote about Setting Goals that Fit your Personality Part I. It will be helpful for you to read that first here. When you consider setting your goals this year, start with the goals that will give you the most return on your investment, and I’m not talking financially, I’m talking psychologically and […]

Goal Attainment Process

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I believe 2020 is going to be, for me, a strong year of rebuilding. I have spent the past nine years as the part-time Executive Director for the Glasser Institute for Choice Theory (GIFCT), being paid to deliver eight hours of work each week. I am continuing as the part-time Executive Director for William Glasser […]

Journaling: A Dozen Benefits

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Some links may be affiliate links. We may get paid if you buy something or take an action after clicking one of these I once read an article that described research that showed journaling could be just as effective as therapy. As a therapist, naturally, I didn’t want to believe that, but I always remembered […]

Joy and Self-Care

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This is the next installment of my blog series on Strategic Self-Care. Despite being contained within the standard dialogue about self-care, Joy encompasses more than getting mani-pedis, going shopping and getting enough rest. You can find my previous blogs in this series here: Safety, Security & Self-Care, Significance & Self-Care and  Freedom & Self-Care. We […]

3 Girlfriends and the Great Wall of China

I am writing from the city of Shenzhen. Last week, my friend and I completed a one-week tour of China. It was an organized tour with twenty-six other tourists, one of whom we adopted because she was traveling alone, that began on a remote part of the Great Wall of China. After climbing to the […]