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Are You Robbing Others and Harming Yourself?

Are You Robbing Others and Harming Yourself?

Mar 31, 2025 | Changing Me, Changes We, Self Empowerment, Women's Empowerment

“Managing others’ emotions robs them and harms you.” ~LMB Every time you silence yourself to avoid your partner’s blow-up, lie to keep others from feeling sad, tiptoe around someone’s rage, or brush off a hurt to avoid a loved one’s defensiveness, you are...
Embrace Gratitude: How Recognizing Small Gifts Can Help You Savor Life’s Bigger Blessings

Embrace Gratitude: How Recognizing Small Gifts Can Help You Savor Life’s Bigger Blessings

Dec 23, 2024 | Holidays, Women's Empowerment

“Finding the gift in the smaller things will help you savor the bigger gifts of life.” ~ LMB The holidays are filled with presents of all shapes and sizes. Some are homemade and personal, while others are store-bought and range from a few dollars to...
How Protecting Harmful Behavior Fuels the Cycle

How Protecting Harmful Behavior Fuels the Cycle

Dec 11, 2023 | Radically New Culture, Self Empowerment, Women's Empowerment

“Your protection quickly becomes your complicity when what you protect is harmful; don’t be complicit.” ~LMB Ideally, protection aims to stop the harmful behavior done to an often weaker, more vulnerable “target.” Hurtful behavior occurs...

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