Posts in Empowerment
No One’s Here to Make You Happy. And Why Knowing This Can Make You Happier

I was having a fight with my ex-husband while we were still married. We were standing in the kitchen when he said to me, “No one is here to make you happy, Kat. You have to make yourself happy.” It wasn’t until we went through the divorce and I found my personal/spiritual growth path did I finally understand what it meant…

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What's Your Bounce Back Rate? Knowing This Can Help You Lead a Happier Life

Do you sometimes let things get to you?
I mean who doesn’t? We all do at times.

It could be something someone said to you. Maybe a friend, partner, relative, or co-worker. And you rehash and stew over what they said for days, perhaps even weeks.

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Two Characteristics That Make You Too Nice You Need to Ditch. And the 3 You’ll Want to Adopt to Because We Need a Kinder World

You’re too nice,” my friend said. “You’re always the one letting people through, and the guy didn’t even say thank you.”

That was the response I got from my friend when I told her about my self-imposed fender bender last week. I was backing up in my garage so the other car could pass through and wound up backing right into a cement pole.

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15 Things Affecting Your Mental Health and Happiness You May Not Realize. How Many Are You Doing? —Part I

This month is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health has gotten a bum rap from previous old-world generations resistant to treatment calling it psychobabble or hokey. More open-minded people resistant to mental health will say things like, “Mental wellness may be for other people, but it’s not for me.” If you’re a living and breathing human being, mental wellness is for you.

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Don't Call Me "Single," I’m an "Independent" in a Co-Dependent World

There was a lull in the conversation. Perhaps uncomfortable with the silence, she blurts out, “So why is a beautiful woman like you still single?” People ask this question as if there’s something wrong with being single?

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