If you have read any of Susan’s books, you know about her belief in the Higher Self. When we are connected to our Higher Self, we can connect to the Universe. As Susan wrote in Feel the Fear and Beyond, “The Higher Self is the space within each and everyone…
Category: Confidence
About Affirmations for Children
This is an excerpt from Susan’s introduction to the UK version of I Can Handle It! In it, she talks about how life changing affirmations can be, especially for children. Affirmations have long been considered by many to be a valuable tool for adults. I believe that the affirmation can…
The Adult Version of I Can Handle It!
This month we’re talking about Susan’s children’s book, I Can Handle It! The stories in the book feature different problems that kids might come across, from frustration to guilt to embarrassment and more. The book is meant for kids under eight, but there are lessons in it that we can…
Why Is Trusting Ourselves So Hard?
Trust is a hard thing to come by, whether it’s trusting another person, or trusting ourselves. It’s hard to trust when we are fearful, when we are full of self-doubt, when we question our every move and decision worrying if it is “right” or not. It’s like a never-ending loop…
Combining Prayers of Trust and Gratitude
This month we’re talking about prayer and how it can help negate our anxiety and fear. In End the Struggle and Dance With Life, Susan explains three types of prayer that can help us feel more at one with the world: Prayer of trust, prayer of gratitude, and prayer of…
Commitment Doesn’t Have To Be Forever
“To make commitment a less heavy concept, keep in mind that, contrary to what we have been taught, it doesn’t necessarily mean forever,” Susan wrote in Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. Susan wrote a lot about making sure that in whatever you are doing, you are 100% engaged,…
Steps for Living Your Whole Life By Your Grid
In this month’s article, we are talking about making sure you are living a full, rich life by filling in, and acting on, your Grid of Life. Once you’ve filled in the nine boxes of the aspects of your life that are most important to you, you need to take…
When Caring Masks Neediness
This month we’re talking about becoming a loving person by loving ourselves first. Sometimes a person who seems very loving has very little love for themselves. In this case, they are using their love to mask their neediness. Talia seemed like a confident, loving single woman in her early thirties.…
Dropping the Act for True Connection
In this excerpt from Dare to Connect, Susan describes the fear that all of us feel when we put ourselves out in the world, wishing and hoping that others will like us. Metaphorically, we all wear an “I want you to like me” sticker on our foreheads. Whether we are…
The Power of Saying YES!
Since we’re talking this month about opening up to the Universe, here is an excerpt from Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway about how important it is to say Yes: Life offers many opportunities to practice saying yes to your universe. The baby spills milk all over the floor;…