“Listen to me, don’t talk back, what’s the matter with you? You’re grounded” Who is this Father talking to? It appears that he is talking to his daughter, but his daughter is clearly not there. His daughter is so shut down that she is no longer able to hear what her father is saying. I

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Excerpt From the Revised & Updated Edition of My Feet Aren’t Ugly “Stress can do quite a bit of harm to your body and your emotional health. Work on keeping your stress levels low. One way of keeping your stress levels down is by taking care of business. Don’t let things pile up.” I was

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Every Morning I wake up and hit the ground running and then somewhere around 10:00 Am I realize that I’m on auto-pilot.  I sit back, take a couple of deep breaths and come into my body.  I know I am not alone when I say that I am very grateful for my life, but sometimes

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Excerpt From the Revised & Updated Edition of My Feet Aren’t Ugly “Every time you make fun of someone or talk about people behind their backs, you act like you’re better than they are. It leaves you feeling bad because you know deep down that you are not better than they are.” Kids talk behind

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Excerpt From the Revised & Updated Edition of My Feet Aren’t Ugly “So you want to be yourself and still be liked. Is this possible? What if you really liked yourself and if others liked you, great, and if they didn’t, would that be okay too? Wouldn’t that be a nice feeling not to care

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