Category Archives: Self-care

Tool for Tuesday: The Tool You Should Not Use

Posted on July 3, 2012 by dianabletter

Here’s something different: the tool not to use. The word should. When should you use the word should? Almost never. Why? The word is manipulative. As in, “you should have known I wanted the four-caret diamond.” It’s judmental: “You shouldn’t … 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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Take the Quiz: Are You An Under-Doer Or an Over-Doer?

Posted on June 10, 2012 by dianabletter

Take the quiz to find out if you’re an under-doer or an over-doer. When you’re feeling insecure, do you shop too much to feel better? Or do you deprive yourself of basic things? When you’re upset, do you eat too … Continue reading →

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Long Weekends: What Not to Do

Posted on May 27, 2012 by dianabletter

The lonely, the sad, the dispersed, the displaced: some of the people who don’t like long weekends. Long weekends are like New Year’s Eve. They can make you weep. I came across this poem by Vikram Seth.  in the Case … Continue reading →

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Bad Reality, Great Story

Posted on May 25, 2012 by dianabletter

Sometimes when we’re going through something and it hurts, it feels like we’re never going to get out of it and it’s never going to not hurt. Clichéd expressions  like “this too shall pass” don’t make us feel any better … Continue reading →

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Tool For Tuesday: To Make Or Not To Make…Your Bed

Posted on May 22, 2012 by dianabletter

I was reading Gretchen Rubin’s blog post “Guess:What’s the Most Popular Resolution for Happiness?” here, and she wrote, “…if you’re feeling overwhelmed, picking one little task to improve your situation, and doing it regularly, can help you regain a sense … Continue reading →

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Tip: How Not to Walk On Egg Shells

Posted on May 18, 2012 by dianabletter

  My friend Joelle called me the other day. She said she was walking on eggshells every time she spoke to her sister because she is scared she’ll say the wrong thing. (You can read about that here.) Then it hit … Continue reading →

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Countering Depression, The Dalai Lama, and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

Posted on May 7, 2012 by dianabletter

I was reading a blog the other day in which the blogger wrote how she was depressed and wanted to stay depressed and didn’t want anyone to try to talk her out of it. Readers chimed in saying that they … Continue reading →

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Case of the Missing Towels, Take 2

Posted on April 9, 2012 by dianabletter

This just in from my friend Joelle – the one who likes her apples cut in wedges, not slices. She writes: “I read your post about not letting anyone else’s stupidity and crazy moods affect you… and if you want … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Missing Towels

Posted on April 8, 2012 by dianabletter

Remember my friend, Lily? She’s the one who taught me the lesson that “anything worth doing is worth doing badly.” (If you want to read that post, it’s here.) All Lily wanted was new towels.Her boyfriend has ripped, stained, faded, shredded … Continue reading →

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