Mourning a Mentor – Remembering Susan Jeffers
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How not to take rejection and disappointment so personally in your personal and professional relationships
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Susan Jeffers death has hit me pretty hard. If it had not been for her wisdom and mentoring, my first book may never have been published. Susan taught me to “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway!”
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There Is to Be No Grieving
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When my mother and grandmother died in a DC-3 crash I was 12 years old. The rule in my family was “There is to be no grieving.” Incomplete or unresolved or complicated grieving has powerful long-term effects throughout our lives.…
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Honoring The Immortality of Teachers
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Decades ago my Omaha Central High School English teacher, Marcia Blacker, asked a question that made a huge difference for me. Somebody cared. Many years later I located her and thanked her. Our friendship has flourished.
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When Showoffmanship Becomes Self-Sabotage
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Revealing examples of self-sabotaging behavior came out of Mitt Romney’s trip to Great Britain, Israel and Poland. Could there be some ambivalence about running for President?
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“Am I Not Good Enough?”
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When Ann Curry asked, “Am I not good enough? before her sudden departure from the “Today” show, ” it brought up feelings about rejection, criticism, betrayal and taking things personally.