Tag: stress

  • Confidently Content

    Confidently Content

    I grew up in an extravagant home on Cape Cod. When I was eleven, my family made a major change and pursued a secluded life in Maine. The adventure in the deep woods without the luxuries  we were used to reformed the character of each of us. Since we had nothing and knew no one, we cultivated…

  • Do You Feel Good or Guilty about “Me Time”?

    Do You Feel Good or Guilty about “Me Time”?

    It’s been nasty weather all week, but a rainy day off is a whole different game than a workday storm. It’s only natural to allow what is outside to determine our mood and motivation. As busy Americans, we may be frustrated at the inconvenience of the wet wind. The traffic is slower, the bank lines…

  • 3 Ways to Deal with Back to School Blues

    3 Ways to Deal with Back to School Blues

    For many girls all over the world, this week is the most difficult one of their lives. After Labor Day Weekend, they must go into new territory and face many challenges and insecurities. New Schools, new teachers, peers. studies, sports and activities. Not to mention new outfits! Fear of the unknown is one of the…

  • 3 Methods of Managing Stress Confidently

    3 Methods of Managing Stress Confidently

    Summer is officially here. School’s out, kids are home, trips are being planned, company is coming… there’s more daylight in our busy days, so why not do more, right? As a Native Cape Codder, I always keep a bathing suit and towel in the trunk of my car during the summer–just in case there’s a moment…

  • Confident Boundaries with Children

    Picture a white picket fence around a beautiful home, this is the analogy Henry Cloud gives In his books about Boundaries to create an image of our responsibilities in life. We each have a home. We may share our home, but within our common space there are times and places of privacy. Our lives are not easily separated from…

  • How Will This Be?

    How Will This Be?

    She had her whole life ahead of her. The wedding was planned, her fiancé was building their home and she was waiting the day that they would become one and start a family. She was being very careful to keep all her ducks in order. Imagine the emotions that must have run through her heart…

  • Building Confidence by Keeping Christmas Unfair

    Building Confidence by Keeping Christmas Unfair

    “I found this on Flyp and just have to get this for little Tommy, he will just love it! Now I need to get something more for Suzzie or he will have more than she does.” My parents didn’t keep Christmas fair for their five children. I’m sure they were tempted to, and I’m sure…

  • Renaissance Beauty

    It was a long, dreadful ride into the city. Unloading the car was a difficult task, and rolling the cart full of books across the massive exhibit hall to find our table was rather daunting, so when I hit a bump on the ramp and spilled my careful packed goods, I nearly lost all emotional…

  • Are Men and Women Really Equal?

    The opening of the United States Declaration of Independence states as follows: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness… All men and women were created with equal…

  • Take Care of You

    I love to analyze women. I love to assess which style of beauty they are and teach them what not to wear. I love to consider their personality and encourage them with their life’s mission in caring for their husband, kids, home, career and girlfriends. I love to search their hearts and minister to the…

  • I choose Joy

    I wasn’t even 19 when I got my first job as a hairdresser. Being the new girl with a zeal for my blossoming career I was often asked by my more experienced colleagues to finish their clients with a fancy braid before sending them off to the beach. I did a lot of weddings, proms…

  • Let Him In Your Boat

    There are three accounts in the Gospels that tell the story of Jesus walking on water. Matthew (in chapter 14), Mark (in chapter 6) and John (in chapter 6) each give their viewpoint of what happened that amazing day. The disciples were in a boat in the middle of the sea during a raging storm…