by Dawn | Dec 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
When you’re hungry, eat. When you’re tired, rest. When you criticize yourself, love yourself more. Somewhere along the line, many of us, myself included, bought the belief that putting ourselves down leads to self-improvement. Or, that self-criticism keeps us in...
by Dawn | Nov 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
This is the second of a three part installation of Lessons I Learned from Cinderella. Lesson #2: Don’t Waste Your Energy “The greatest risk any of us can take: to be seen for who we truly are” concludes the narrator in one of the final scenes of...
by Dawn | Nov 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
LESSONS I LEARNED FROM CINDERELLA –LESSON 1: GOT LIZARDS? This is the first of a three-part installation of Lessons I Learned From Cinderella. Here we go: First of all, that Fairy Godmother is the bomb. Who couldn’t use a Fairy Godmother to help put things...
by Dawn | Nov 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Screw Mary Poppins I recently watched a documentary about Julie Andrews. With a wistful look in his eye, the interviewer asked Ms. Andrews whether she parented her real-life children the way Mary Poppins and Maria Von Trapp did. She graciously shook her head,...
by Dawn | Aug 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
My children were having one of those end-of-the-summer, knock-out, drag-down fights. Screaming, and scratching, Barbies and ipods flying through the air. Concerned about a crime scene, I stepped out of my lazy Summer Sunday afternoon vibe and into the middle of their...
