Duchess Digest: Waking Up Wonder Woman

On a recent romp through late night television I happened to stumble across the movie Watchmen. I will admit right now I didn’t stick around long enough to know anything about the movie, but it did trigger a thought. In the few minutes of the scene I did watch, a superhero team of some Batman [...]

Duchess Digest: Putting Things in Context

Context is a little word with a whole lot of meaning. The ways in which you frame and build your experience every day can be the difference between a peaceful, flowing and abundant life or a stress filled, anxiety driven wild ride. The same event in different people’s lives could mean any number of things [...]

Duchess Digest: Never, Never, Never Give Up

We have all had those days, those weeks, maybe even those years where we’ve felt tested and stretched to our limits. Sometimes the challenges you face seem like an exhilarating opportunity to persevere, to think critically and to triumph over all odds. The days and hours border on excitement as you push forward in the [...]

Duchess Digest: YOU Are the Common Demoninator

Have you ever noticed that the one thing all of your problems have in common is you? As I enter the world of a new relationship there are things about it that feel unique and wonderful, while there are other aspects that are already feeling like a little bit of history repeating. And that history [...]

Duchess Digest: Yes You Can!

We all go through time periods where we feel like victims. It’s tempting, but very dangerous, to look to another time, person or situation as being the solution to the rut we’re sitting down in. It’s the old “if only, then” slogan that can get us ladies into some serious trouble. If only I had [...]

Duchess Digest: Breaking Bad

With New Years just around the corner many of us will be packing up our Christmas decorations and pulling out our new year’s resolutions for 2010 this week. I have been thinking a lot about 2010 myself as many things in my life are changing right now and I’ve got some pretty big goals and [...]

Duchess Digest: A Peaceful, Easy Feeling

The holidays mean lots of great things; peace on earth, good will to all and to all a good night. This time of year has some of the best things to offer every one of us. Great food, lots of family and comfy, cozy surroundings. It also unfortunately can mean a lot of stress.
The stress [...]

8 Ways to Build Self Esteem

Coaches often use a Life Balance Wheel to help clients determine whether their lives are in balance. Sometimes I suggest to a client to draw a circle, divide it into eighths and use the labels shown below for each section of the pie. Then I’ll suggest they put a mark in each section from 1 [...]

Duchess Digest: Serendipity

As I sit under the cloudy gray, blue skies of England’s beautiful Cotswold region I can not help but wonder about the idea of serendipity; the occurrence of fortunate discoveries by accident. It’s a pretty powerful thing. How many times have you stumbled across an amazing restaurant that soon became your favorite simply because you [...]

Duchess Digest: Tapped In

Let’s face it; no woman is an island. While every modern woman loves to be independent, confident and self-reliant, we all could use balancing our alone time with a community.
Communities come in many forms; spiritual groups, educational gatherings, family, friends, even people with whom we share common backgrounds, ethnicities or situations. No matter their form, [...]

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