Allow me to introduce myself. I am the illustration of the term “Feel-good-about-Self.” I am one of the 40 new concepts that are launched in the upcoming book by Antoinetta Vogels: A healthy Sense Of Self – How to be true to yourself and make your world a better place! I represent a feeling that…
Read the rest...Please Help! “I feel as though I cannot communicate with anyone, it’s not that I do not want to…I can’t. I can’t think of anything to say to start a conversation, sometimes if I’m lucky ill get a conversation going but then random negative thoughts just come back into my head, I get flustered, and…
Read the rest...“I don’t expect you to agree with me; you weren’t put on the face of the earth to validate and reinforce me. But I want you to love me – and you can’t really do that if you don’t know me. I don’t want your rejection – but I must face that possibility if I’m…
Read the rest...For the past four months I have participated in a social and active meditation that I look forward to repeating monthly. And the funny thing is each time I take on yet again “doing the AUM Meditation” with a group of 8-14 people, I literally get to know my Self better. I see my Self…
Read the rest...January 21, 2013 “We hold these truths to be self-evident.” Today is a doubly significant day for it is both the day of the Presidential Inauguration and it is also Martin Luther King Day. I happened to turn on the radio at just the right moment for the special coverage of today’s grand event. Last…
Read the rest...We do need more time for reflection and self-management. We also need new guidelines that help us ground in ourselves in this tumultuous world. The values of our parents turn out to be not always usable anymore; times have changed. We need to become more self-reliant as often we live far away from our native town or even country.…
Read the rest...Editor’s Note: It was in November of 2007 in Long Beach, CA at an international conference that I first met “Bart.” Or rather should I say I “recognized” someone I already knew and needed to meet again. Since that weekend we have stayed long-distance friends sharing experiences from our respective sides of the Pond. I’ll…
Read the rest...Editors Note: We wholeheartedly thank Paul Johnson, prolific, wickedly funny and intelligent blogger (for his own blog The Good Greatsby and the Huffington Post) for his generous permission to reprint his October 23rd post. This post struck a BIG chord with us at HySoS, the moment I/We read the title. I am a (happy/sometimes exhausted…
Read the rest...There was a day last week that felt like something was in the air. More than one friend was trying to do “way too much.” Myself included. And a state of overwhelm came because of it. And a round robin of listening happened that got me thinking: Why so much attachment to getting so much done?…
Read the rest...This Post is dedicated to the Children and the Child in all of us–that deserve to be allowed to be loved for existing. Meet my Poetic and Parental Self at my most spontaneous best. What is the most important thing you can give your kids? Resilience? Emotional Security? A Good Education? Financial Security? This question…
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