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Truth about me I’ve never revealed before
If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time, you know my life is pretty amazing. I live in my (for now) dream home by the ocean. I work from home running a million dollar plus company that is growing like gangbusters.
I’ve got a hot boyfriend who loves me and talking about business and growing spiritually and loves my kids to boot. I get to be on TV, write books, take classes at Agape and make a difference in the world.
And yet despite all the amazingness, I have periods (not necessarily short periods either) of some real unhappiness. Painful unhappiness.
Thank You Mean People From High School
I recently adopted a rescue dog, Farley. He had some aggression issues, so we hired a dog trainer to teach us how to work with him.
Now, this dog trainer had his act together. He charges $875 for 5 sessions, which is pretty good considering most dog trainers make about $30/hour. His schedule is booked weeks out and he’s clearly got the whole thing scripted out and down.
Of course, because I can’t help but coach everyone I meet about either starting a business or expanding their business, I immediately start talking to him about expanding his business by licensing others to use his systems and creating a dog training franchise empire.
Girlfriends, Thank God for Them
I remember when I first moved to Los Angeles. I was a new mom without any friends. As if being a mom with a baby isn’t isolating enough, I was a new mom with a baby and a high pressure full time job at a big law firm.
My husband was staying home with our baby girl while I left the house at 6:30a to beat Los Angeles traffic and got home around 6:30p (if I was lucky), which was early by firm standards.
Are You Passing On Numbness?
Can you relate when I talk about numbness?
Looking back on my 35 years with honesty, I’ve been mostly numb for a lot of it because the pain of feeling was too intense.
At 28, after years in an unhappy marriage that I was committed to staying in at all costs, I decided it would be fine if I just never had sex again. That’s how shut down I was.
Fortunately, I had an experience that made me realize how crazy that was and just how numb I had become. My body had literally shut off and when it began to come back alive, it was a massive shock to my system.
What’s Holding You Back
Okay, I admit it. I’ve been holding back.
I haven’t been writing because I’ve been in a dark space and I haven’t wanted to share that because there’s so much amazing stuff happening in my life that I’m in gratitude for and I want to keep my attention on that.
And yet, the darkness is there too. I’ve been keeping it hidden.
I told myself I was keeping it hidden because I didn’t want to focus on it, didn’t want to make it real, didn’t want to grow it.
Are These Two Reactions Holding You Back?
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been grappling with an idea that has been at the periphery of my awareness consistently, yet elusively, at least as far as writing about it goes.
It all started on my 35th birthday with the whole Motrin Moms thing, which I am reluctant to dredge back up, but at the same time feel somewhat unresolved with, so I feel that reluctance along with a simultaneous compulsion to write about it and get it resolved.
It has to do with taking things personally and being outraged, but I have not been able to put my finger on what I wanted to say about those things.
Lice Lessons (On Marketing, Business and Life)
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Yeah Baby, We Have Lice … But, I’m Not Embarassed
Ok, so that’s not entirely true.
When I had to call Lesley Bohm, the amazing celebrity photographer I was supposed to have a photo shoot with today, and tell her I couldn’t make it because I have lice, I was a little embarassed.
More than a little embarrassed.
When I first found out my daughter had it, I wanted to keep it a secret. I wanted to tell her not to tell anyone at school. I wanted her to make something up about why she didn’t go to school.
My Magic Man
I am so blessed to have this man in my life and wanted to share some Dave Dee magic with you. He lives in Atlanta. I live in Los Angeles. We normally don’t go more than 5 days without seeing each other. This time it’s 10, which he has dubbed ten days of love and he’s sending me a gift of love each day.
This was his gift to me for day 5 and now I’m sharing with with you. Enjoy it.
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Testing, Testing … Just When I Thought I Was Through the Fire
The post below was written on April 24, 2008 … one month ago, exactly. I never published it because it was too painful at the time.
Looking back now on what has happened since then, I was right – something (really a lot of somethings) fantastical was about to happen.
The book launch was amazing bringing us to #1 in all categories on Amazon and #8 overall on Barnes & Noble. We designated 20 new lawyers as Personal Family Lawyers. I’m living in my dream house and I’m going to appear on the Today Show on June 3!
