Just answer the damned question!

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It’s “Connect with Self” Week at Heartspoken.com. The first week of each month this year will focus on ways to get to know yourself better. “He who knows others is learned;
 He who knows himself is wise.” (Lao-tzu, Tao te Ching) Who am I? That is the question of the ages, isn’t it? Yet not [...]

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The Great Lie About Desiring Perfection and How It Holds Us Back

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It’s “Connect with Others” Week The second week of each month this year will focus on “Connect with Others.” Let me start by telling you a true story. The last month has been, for me, a time of introspection and tough questions. What am I really trying to accomplish here at Heartspoken? Does it really [...]

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Farewell to My Insecurity…

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Heartspoken’s Connection Messenger, Cyndi Briggs, has done it again. Her post on The Sophia Project this morning entitled “I Write a Farewell Letter to My Insecurity” is a powerful manifesto to anyone who has allowed low self-esteem, their inner critic, insecurity, and judgment to paralyze them or deprive them of their full potential. She writes [...]

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What do you notice?

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Jane Pollak is a favorite blogger and author of mine (Jane Pollak: Leading remarkable women to uncommon success), because she understands that personal and professional success comes from paying attention to others and bringing value to all your relationships. Today’s post on her blog, entitled What do you notice?, was a powerful reminder to anyone [...]

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Joyful Giving: A New Connection with Money

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Our connection with our own money informs so much of our behavior and attitude to others in life, as well as our Connection with Self and our sense of well-being. It’s the time of year that many churches are conducting Stewardship Campaigns. The Stewardship Chairman at my little church has done an amazing job over [...]

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