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20 Most Recent Post Titles with Excerpts

A bare list of links to the last 20 blog posts with linked titles, author and date, a short excerpt, and a continue-reading link.

Release the old concept of Resolutions and move into a new Resolution!

By Deborah Drake | January 10, 2015

Editor’s note: Enjoy a gently updated reprint from 2013 written by my peer and fellow writer and writing mentor, Linda Zeppa. With a new year begun, again we are at a point in our “lifestory ” where we can review, assess, and choose to shift what values we lead with. We at HealthySenseOfSelf exist to support…

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New from HealthySenseOfSelf Publication on Amazon

By Deborah Drake | December 30, 2014

Just in time for the brand new calendar year! HealthySenseofSelf introduces a new and gentle way to begin learning about the Healthy Sense of Self Method. Presenting A Guided Journal to a Healthy Sense of Self: Thoughts to inspire peace within and around the world. A gift for yourself and the best friends you care…

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ToD: The Wisdom of Annie Lennox

By Deborah Drake | December 30, 2014

“There’s this youth culture that is really, really powerful and really, really strong, but what it does is it really discards people once they reach a certain age. I actually think that people are so powerful and interesting – women, especially – when they reach my age. We’ve got so much to say, but popular…

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Christmas and The Holidays – Merry or Scary?

By Antoinetta Vogels | December 15, 2014

Happy Holidays! We wish each other the best – for clearly nobody has bad intentions. We look forward to seeing our family members and relatives again. We are adamant that this time around it is going to be a great Christmas. We have a present for everyone and “that awesome gadget you found for Uncle…

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What exactly IS a Healthy Sense of Self?

By Deborah Drake | November 3, 2014

A Healthy Sense of Self is one’s own felt sense of being one’s own person, separate from others. With a Healthy Sense of Self a person is free to be the unique human being whom he or she was born to be, and allows him or her to effectively become increasingly more independent through each…

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SoS Thought of the Day: Your life is going to change.

By Deborah Drake | January 22, 2014

Editor’s Note: I read a lot for the work that I do for Healthy Sense of Self.  A seemingly random collection of short and long pieces add up to a lot of words read daily–and much like my daily effort to walk 10,000+ steps–it’s a practice that “keeps me curious and engaged with living.” It…

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New Year’s Eve is coming up and then onto 2014!

By Antoinetta Vogels | December 30, 2013

An End of Year Message from HySoS Founder, Antoinetta Vogels New Year’s Eve is coming up and then onto 2014! It’s been an important year at HySoS and a life time of hard work is slowly turning to benefits and fun for me. Getting something launched is a lot of hard work that is worth…

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Thought of the Day: Rebelle Society’s Alison Nappi, an open love letter to your inner child

By Deborah Drake | December 11, 2013

“To the child who could never understand why she was being hit by hands, words, ignorance… To the one who was told she was sinful, bad, ugly… To the one who didn’t fit. To she who bucked authority and challenged the status quo… To the ones whose dreams were crushed by adults whose dreams were…

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Do you remember what you got during last year’s holiday gift giving?

By Deborah Drake | December 6, 2013

A positively disruptive headline landed in my email inbox today that was attached to a newsletter I subscribe to. My eyes scanned the icebreaker, “Do you remember what you got during last year’s holiday gift giving?” “The headline” got me thinking–deeply. I paused and tried to remember what “gifts” I received last Christmas. At first, nothing jumped…

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Thought of the Day: Mandela’s (Tata Madibe) Sense of Self

By Deborah Drake | December 5, 2013

The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us. ~Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Speech, May 10, 1994 I was Seattle-bound late afternoon and listening to news for the first time on NPR, when I heard that Nelson…

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From our Healthy Sense of Self to Yours. Gratitude. Gratitude. Gratitude.

By Deborah Drake | November 28, 2013

Whatever your traditions, may you feel welcome where you are.  We the “family of HySoS” offer you our best wishes…today and everyday. *** From the kitchen sink of HEALTHYSENSEOFSELF to the thanksgiving diner Table of all Friends and Foes of HySoS wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving Diner with lots of people and things to be…

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Thought of the Day: Living on your on terms ~Seamus Heaney

By Deborah Drake | November 25, 2013

The ability to start out on your own impulse is fundamental to the gift of keeping going on your own terms… Getting started, keeping going, getting started again — in art and in life, it seems to me this is the essential rhythm. – Seamus Heaney What truly supports us in our capacity to start…

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Book Launch and Reception at Umpqua Bank Bellevue a Success!

By Deborah Drake | November 18, 2013

What makes a book reading and reception an extra special performance? Just add a Cello beautifully played, an abundance of French pastries, a touch of Tango, door prizes and a gracious venue sponsor to a room full of family, friends–new and old–and it’s so much more than a book launch; it’s a notable moment in the…

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Watch this TED Talk: Sir Ken Robinson has 20 millions views for good reason…

By Deborah Drake | November 15, 2013

I’ve gotten into the habit of starting my writing hours and work day with a TED Talk. I pick intuitively, and today’s selection was added to my list of favorites. Why had I not seen this before? On the eve of our Book Launch and Reception at the Umpqua Bank in Bellevue at 6pm, today’s “find” was…

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November 15th 6-8pm: Healthy Sense of Self Book Launch & Reception

By Deborah Drake | November 10, 2013

Please join us at Umpqua Bank in Bellevue for a Book Reading, Celebration and Reception this Friday, November 15th at 6pm. After more than 25 years of research, hard work, writing, trials and errors, persistence, and dedicated team work, we are proud to announce that Antoinetta Vogels’ debut book: Healthy Sense of Self – How…

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HealthySenseofSelf, debuting at #MBS13 2013 in London

By Deborah Drake | October 24, 2013

DATE: October 25, 2013 Press Release – New Book Release in the U.K.  at #MBS13                                                                Would you like to get a good night sleep,…

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SoS! Thought of the Day: “I exist, I exist!” Storycorps Celebrates 10 Years

By Deborah Drake | October 21, 2013

When I hear the truth, a wave of warm fuzzy electricity flows through me. I am having one of those moments as I hear an early morning NPR story  honoring Storycorps, now in its 10th year of capturing and preserving the stories of our lives. It’s a short story…have a listen…I’ll wait. http://www.npr.org/2013/10/21/236383017/air-the-storycorps-theme-cue-the-tears Our lives…

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SoS! Being a Great Boxer requires a healthy Sense of Self!

By Antoinetta Vogels | October 14, 2013

“When you take a stance and deliver a punch, the message is: I am accountable for my intent, my fears and my desires.” ~Cappy Kotz, Founder of Cappy’s Boxing Club, Seattle According to Cappy Kotz, who founded Cappy’s Boxing Club in 1999 in the culturally diverse, Central District of Seattle, the popular sport of Amateur…

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Now Available in Print (and Kindle): Healthy Sense of Self by Antoinetta Vogels

By Deborah Drake | October 11, 2013

Good things are worth the wait, but you need not wait any longer! Announcing the happy news that the long awaited print version of the book by Antoinetta Vogels,  Healthy Sense of Self – How to be true to your Self and make your world a better place! is available in print and digital formats.

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Visit Us at the London – Mind Body Soul Experience Oct 25-27, 2013

By Deborah Drake | October 3, 2013

So now the fun begins as we start sharing and showcasing the new Healthy Sense of Self book  and our Bigger Mission! We are feeling pretty cosmopolitan with book related events happening at home in Bellevue (Near Seattle), WA mid-November and “across the pond” in London at the end of October. October 25-27, 2013 London,…

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