Posts by Antoinetta Vogels
Holidays Are Supposed to Be Joyful Times, Right?
I don’t know about you, but I always look forward to holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas. I love the food, the music, the peacefulness of the picture-perfection in ads, movies, and images of the Season, the coziness, and safety of family coming together, like circling the wagons in the old days. Most of us are…
Read MoreHealthy Sense of Self and Motivation
In light of the recent attacks in Paris, France (November 13th) and San Bernardino, California (December 2nd) Healthy Sense of Self jumped on the bandwagon for a “hand over your weapons and contribute in that way to world peace” – policy. As a result of the blog that appeared on Saturday, November 14th 2015, I…
Read MoreEmpty Nest
Goodbyes are not my forte although I don’t find it all that terrible to leave a place. What is difficult is leaving my two daughters with their own lives in a big city like New York. I remember my own journey when I was in my thirties, but now as their mother, it is a…
Read MoreThe right to bear arms…
America! Give us, well-intentioned citizens, finally a few good reasons why it is so necessary to possess arms. After all, we don’t live in the cowboy era any longer and shooting Indians (with permission) has long been banished. What reasons can possibly justify the disastrous consequences of a situation in which the wrong people are…
Read MoreYour life is not supposed to be a performance.
It was a good performance – but did you truly LIVE? Theater is fantastic but remember, it has its place. Your life is not supposed to be a performance, but it may have become just that anyway. We all have certain notions of ourselves, about all the things we feel we never became really good…
Read MoreLike Attracts Like: Recover from Shame and Insomnia
Shame can keep you hostage for a lifetime and you may not even know that you are fighting it. If what you are ashamed of is unaddressed, it blocks your potential for becoming the best you that you can be. One of the Laws of Attraction is that like attracts like: where shame was shame…
Read MorePrevent Injury Everyday with a Healthy Sense of Self
Did you know that with a Healthy Sense of Self you are less prone to accidents and risky behavior? Your actions are more goal oriented, less hesitant, and accompanied by a clearer intention. While the level of intention is difficult to measure, it doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Intent is the energetic component of motivation.…
Read More3 Tips for Coping with Stressful Situations
What’s really causing your anxiety? The Oxford dictionary defines anxiety as “a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.” And we all experience nervousness or anxiousness at some point in our lives, but there are some of us who feel these tensions constantly. While the…
Read MoreIs Insomnia a Curse or a Blessing in Disguise?
Insomnia interferes with a lot in your life, but it is also a great way to get to know yourself (as I experienced). As such it is a blessing disguised as a curse. I have a long history of “Lack of Sense of Self.” I had over 20 years of insomnia, and in time thankfully…
Read MoreInsomnia, a curse or a blessing in disguise?
Insomnia interferes with a lot in your life, but it is also a great way to get to know yourself (as I experienced). As such it is a blessing disguised as a curse. I have a long history of “Lack of Sense of Self.” I had over 20 years of insomnia, and in time thankfully…
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