Self Doubt – When It’s All About Me!

Self doubt is a real confidence builder, isn’t it?  Almost always, when self-doubt rears its ugly head, it is a response to something someone else said about us and what we make their statement mean. Confused?  Okay, here is an example.  You go out to dinner with...

Thinking a Better Thought

Thinking a better thought . . . . I have long thought, “how am I ever going to create a retirement income?” That thought began to stretch and grow to thinking perhaps I deserved a “fabulous retirement income,” and I wondered, “how can I...

She Decided to be Happy

My dearest friend came across a packet of postcards and decided to gift me with them. They are amazing art – each with a lady dancing or in a yoga pose with a saying.  One card says “One day she woke up and decided to color outside of the lines.”  Another says, “One...

Fat Shaming Yourself (“Here come da judge”)

When I was out in California at The Life Coach School, one of our practical assignments was to buy a treat – something we really love and rarely allow – to bring back to class after lunch.   For me, I decided this had to be pizza.  Not normally something I would buy...

Chasing the Dragon

Chasing the Dragon is a reference to what heroin addicts go through.   The first time they use heroin, the high is utter euphoria – unlike anything ever experienced before.   The second time they use it, not so much.   Then the entire time the addict keeps on using...

©2018 Joann Filomena

©2018 Joann Filomena