June 2011

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall — The Biggest Liar of Them All

by Carol Hess on June 30, 2011

“You’re too thin.  You need to gain weight.”  I started laughing.  “You’ve got to be kidding!” I exclaimed.  But the doctor at the college infirmary wasn’t smiling.  When I got back to the dorm, I told my roommates what he had said.  “Isn’t that incredible?  The guy’s a quack.”  I laughed and shook my head [...]

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Categories Body Image, The Mind Game

Weighting for Life

by Carol Hess on June 27, 2011

Are you “weighting” for life?  The dialogue in your head goes something like this: “When I weigh (fill in your goal weight) I’ll go on that trip.”  Or ”When I weigh                                 , I’ll do live speaking engagements for my business.”Or “When I weigh                                       , I’ll start dancing again.”  Or “When I weigh                                   , I’ll look [...]

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Categories Self Care, The Mind Game, Weight Loss

You Are a Star

by Carol Hess on June 23, 2011

Here is my gift to you.  A message of hope.  Please look at, listen, and enjoy.  2012 – A Message of Hope  Pay special attention to the end of the video.  And remember that is how I see you.  That is who you are – a brightly shining star illuminating the universe. (A special thanks [...]

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Categories Personal Empowerment, The Art of Star Polishing

Running

by Carol Hess on June 20, 2011

Everywhere I look, I see very busy women.  I see women running, running, running. Women busy going to school, busy working, busy raising a family, busy volunteering, busy doing all of the above.  Lots of activity.  Lots of busyness.  Lots of running.  Lots of days flying by in a blur of doing, doing, doing.  You know [...]

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Categories Personal Empowerment, The Art of Star Polishing

Stop Saying You’re Sorry!

by Carol Hess on June 13, 2011

Women have to stop apologizing so damned much.  We say sorry so much that it starts to sound like we are apologizing for existing.  And maybe we are. Have you ever noticed the way many women enter a room?  Kind of sidling in sideways, hugging the walls, not making eye contact, sitting down in the first empty [...]

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Categories Personal Empowerment, The Mind Game

Does Your Star Need Polishing?

by Carol Hess on June 5, 2011

Most of my life, I polished other people’s stars and forgot to polish my own.  Actually, that’s not true.  I didn’t forget.  I didn’t know how to polish my own star.  Heck, I didn’t even know I had a star to polish!  And even if I had known, I still wouldn’t have polished it.  Why [...]

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Categories Personal Empowerment, The Art of Star Polishing