Category Archives: Being a Hero In Your Life

Wanna Be Inspired?

Posted on September 16, 2012 by dianabletter

We all live with joys and sorrows and challenges and disappointments and fears and dashed hopes and difficulties. That’s part of membership in the human race. What makes each of us unique is the path we choose to walk. Do … Continue reading →

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Native-American Know-How: How To Take Care of Yourself First

Posted on August 23, 2012 by dianabletter

I have a friend, Will, who’s a Native American. Want to know what the elders told him at a ceremony? “Pray for yourself first. After that, pray for others.” Pray for yourself first. Your first burst of karmic energy is … Continue reading →

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Tool For Tuesday: Helen Gurley Brown on Reinvention

Posted on August 14, 2012 by dianabletter

Helen Gurley Brown, who died on Monday, wrote in her autobiography, “Having It All” (1982), “I never liked the looks of the life that was programmed for me — ordinary, hillbilly and poor — and I repudiated it from the time … Continue reading →

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Five Tips to Learn From Michael Phelps: Go for the Gold

Posted on August 5, 2012 by dianabletter

Five Tips to learn from Michael Phelps. 1. He went after his dream. Go for the gold. The silver or the bronze are good, too. Remember there’s a whole world out there between winning the gold and declaring that you’ll … Continue reading →

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The 6 – 1 People You Need In Your Corner

Posted on July 26, 2012 by dianabletter

Postcard of CornellUniversityCheerleader1906 Cheerleading (Photo credit: Wikipedia) 6 – 1   Great blog post in Forbes on the 6 People you need in your corner to accomplish your goals. Jessica Hagy said they were: The Instigater, the Cheerleader, the Taskmasker, … Continue reading →

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Rich Poor Guy, Poor Rich Guy, Part 2

Posted on July 19, 2012 by dianabletter

Danielle LaPorte wrote in her blog today, “There is no excuse for going hungry.  We are here to feast.” Follow-up for yesterday’s blog: Are you a rich poor guy or a poor rich guy? We don’t have to deprive ourselves … Continue reading →

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Filling Our Own Well

Posted on July 16, 2012 by dianabletter

My friend Carol always says, “We have to fill our own well.” That is just like the link on Gretchen Rubin‘s Happiness Project blog. She wrote that we need to be emotionally self-sufficient to get closer to other people. If … Continue reading →

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Claire Cook: We’ve All Got The Power To Make Our Own Dreams Come True

Posted on June 28, 2012 by dianabletter

Best-sellling author Claire Cook’s latest book, Wallflower in Bloom, is a delightful story of Deidre Griffin finally finding her own courage to step out from behind her brother Tag’s shadow. Tag is a famous self-made guru and the book follows … Continue reading →

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Looking for The Wizard of Oz

Posted on June 21, 2012 by dianabletter

We interrupt this program to bring you a special announcement. The book cover for The Mom Who Took Off On Her Motorcycle arrived! And in another proof that the universe operates with synchronicity, I am presenting it today, which is … Continue reading →

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Who Gave You Courage to Begin Your Best Chapter?

Posted on June 11, 2012 by dianabletter

In a moving essay in Sunday’s New York Times, Jane Mendolsohn wrote that Amelia Earhart “inspired me to face the unknown, the empty sky, the blank page….She inspired me to begin my life.” Before I took off on my motorcycle … Continue reading →

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