Tag: life lessons
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People pleaser – whom can I please? be myself- take care of yourself
Growing up, being the eldest child, I am used to taking care of my younger brother. I moved to Austria with my father and my brother, then I was automatically told to take care of my father and brother. Then I became a people pleaser. I thought being a people pleaser, my parents would love…
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Positive mindset and aging
Aging – stay young – mindset creates how you feel and how you look No one would believe my age, I have been able to maintain the youthful look. There is so much negative feeling attached to aging in our culture. I have a positive mindset about aging. I knew as I get older, I…
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The journey to be myself being a single mom
It took me 10 years to be comfortable enough to tell people that I am a single mom. For me there was so much shame attached to that title, that I was so ashamed of myself being one. I was never comfortable being me, as I grew up to be an outsider. I grew up…
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All these problems, help! What do I do?
Oh no, it’s one of those days that nothing went my way. At work, things kept blowing up. I made a careless mistake on a work document, then said something incorrect at a meeting, then the kids decided not to listen, and we were late to sports, gosh to add on this, every traffic light…
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The journey to know myself
I used to think I knew who I am. I mean I have a name and personality. I have a unique name, so I don’t think people will get confused if I tell them who I am. It is not until I started to self reflect, I realized I did not know me at all.…
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Worry less and live more
Sometimes life of a mom involves volunteering and talking to a teenager. I always say that my children are my greatest teachers in life. Through them I had to learn how to be uncomfortable and be vulnerable. Through them I also learn to live my life. My son’s friend was telling me about his big…
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Just be you. Be the authentic you
Growing up, I was constantly told that I was not thin enough, I was not smart enough, and not popular enough. I always looked at the other girls and envied them. I never knew what it was like to just be me. It always seemed that they had everything. I was so uncomfortable about being…
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Parenting advice- Who had the meltdown? Mom or the Kid?
I always say that my children are my biggest teachers in life. My life experiences with them led me to an amazing life journey and they make me self-reflect all the time. Let me justify my behavior that it was a very hot Spring day in the 90s. I wanted to take the boys to…
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It’s ok to not have it all. But have fun!
I remember there was an article about having it and how working moms today are so pressured by the society to have it all and it is actually ok to not have it all. My journey of a mom was full of up and downs and there were tons of moments that I knew that…
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All the places you’ll go
Where life took me “All the places you’ll go” by Dr. Seuss, I remember reading that book to my son when he was graduating preschool. And voila, all the places life has taken me. Life has taken me to three continents, four countries, two partners, one divorce, one cancer, two children, one corporate job later.…