A week (2) of giving a Helping Hand In the last week I was supposed to focus on giving people a helping hand…well, this blog is a week late, and I don’t have specific experiences of helpfulness to share, but I do have the lessons learned from what I have been experiencing. Tweet: ‘Who do […]
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RSS feed for this sectionThe Joy of Helpfulness (Part 3)
Giving a Helping hand Tweet: What can I help you with? @erinkellygirl After wrapping up my asking-for-help-week last time I want to now focus on the other side of helpfulness: Offering help. Tweet: For me, there is little that tops the joy I experience when I am able to help someone. @erinkellygirl Especially when I help […]
Fake it till you make it
‘It takes only seven seconds for us to judge another person when we first meet them,’ says Linda Blair, clinical psychologist and author of “Straight Talking”. ‘It’s not a conscious process, so we don’t even realize we’re doing it.’ I actually think that seven seconds is a generous statement, when you are firing on full […]
Indulge Yourself!
When was the last time you treated yourself to something you really wanted? Something that would normally fall into the category of “I don’t actually NEED it, so I SHOULDN’T spend the money… that would be stupid, wasteful and maybe even irresponsible.” For me, these indulgences fall into one of three categories: Office Supplies – […]
The Gratitude Project
My partner and I have started this habit of telling each other the three greatest things that happened to us each day. The rules are that they have to be from that day and they have to be specific and not something like “I am grateful for my family”… of course you are, but why […]