Lessons from a Recovering Doormat

Lessons from a Recovering Doormat

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Denial to Your Reality

Years ago I wrote a song called Denial after a discussion with a friend about a guy I’d been seeing who lived with blinders on. He ignored obvious things he did that caused him trouble and acted like everything was [...]

Stop Playing Defense with People

When I began to say “no” to people or changed my habits in my DoorMat days, I found myself having defend what I did. People were used to me one way—always agreeable—and some didn’t like the new more empowered Daylle. [...]

Become More Bouncy

There have been several recent studies showing that people who develop resilience live longer and healthier lives. But what does resilience mean? I see it as the ability to bounce back from adversity. This doesn’t mean ignoring bad things that [...]

Freeing Yourself

I’m always happy to have Tina Tessina, Ph.D. as my guest. Her articles bring a great response as she has such a good take on life’s ups and downs. Tina is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in California and [...]

Previous Posts

Law of Attraction in Action: Powering Your Vision Board
This is post 239 in my series on the Law of Attraction in Action. You CAN use your power to manifest your desires.. I do it every day! Read all the posts in my Law of Attraction in Action Series o see how. Last week I wrote a post on how to make a vision board with a video to explain it verbally.

posted 12:01:25pm Jun. 18, 2013 | read full post »

Getting Up After Being Knocked Down
It’s not uncommon to have life circumstances knock you down. So much is out of your control. The people who ran in the Boston Marathon, or came to watch it, didn’t expect a bomb to go off. People get knocked down in other ways every day. It can make you want to stay in and avoid life. Or you may

posted 12:01:40pm Jun. 17, 2013 | read full post »

Are All People Are Jerks Until Proven Otherwise?
I wrote the book, All Men Are Jerks Until Proven Otherwise, in 1998. Now it’s out in its 15th Anniversary edition because so many women found it helpful. Not surprisingly, I got questioned often over the last 15 years about the title being derogatory to men. It’s not male bashing. I believe that

posted 12:01:01pm Jun. 14, 2013 | read full post »

How to Do Things You Could Never Imagine Doing
Trying new things is a great way to increase your self-empowerment. Knowing that you did something gives you confidence to try more new things. You may have to overcome fear in order to do something that seems hard. When I was a DoorMat, I stuck to what was familiar. I didn’t want to risk failing

posted 12:01:46pm Jun. 13, 2013 | read full post »

Law of Attraction in Action: Vision Boards
This is post 238 in my series on the Law of Attraction in Action. You CAN use your power to manifest your desires. I do it every day! Read all the posts in my Law of Attraction in Action Series to see how. One of the things that I’ve discussed for making manifesting easier is to visualize what

posted 12:01:44pm Jun. 11, 2013 | read full post »


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