Which of us doesn’t want to have a good life? Who doesn’t want to be enough? With a lovely house and garden, sweet children, a loving spouse, who come together for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A life filled with good friends who celebrate over an elaborate meal and extended family…
Category: Susan Jeffers
Being a First-Hand Person
In this month’s article, we talked about how silence and solitude can help you learn to be in touch with your inner self, but it can also be a great way to understand what you really believe. The article uses a quote from essayist William Deresiewicz in a speech he…
There Are No Mistakes When You Course Correct
In Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Susan taught us about how to make a No-Lose Decision. Part of that decision-making process is knowing that if you find you are not on the right path, you can change your mind and adjust your path to the place you need…
Knowing That You Count By Acting-As-If
This first month of the New Year, we are talking about setting intentions, making resolutions, and doing the work to make them happen. Susan’s Magic Duo—committing 100% and knowing that I Count—is a great tool to help you make your 2023 goals come true. We wanted to give you some…
Fear Truths Reviewed
One of the earliest things we learn in Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway are Susan’s Five Truths About Fear. As we’re talking about Fear Truth #4 in this month’s newsletter article, we thought we would do a full review of all five here. Truth #1: The fear will…
Pain-to-Power Vocab and Illness
This month we’re talking about Susan’s lesson in Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway about Pain-to-Power Vocabulary. Our word choices can make a huge difference to our attitudes. Even in dire situations, such as illness, choosing the right words can help you orient yourself towards healing. Susan experienced this…
Pain-to-Power Vocabulary, Holiday Edition
Adapted from the works of Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. After having to have subdued holiday celebrations last year, or none at all, this year most of us will be able to scale up our holiday festivities to pre-pandemic proportions—which might be putting some extra pressure on us to create the perfect…
Competition vs. Everybody Training
In this month’s newsletter article we are talking about how competition creates a wall between us and other people. In Dare to Connect, Susan talked about how our Somebody Training (how we are raised to try to be a Somebody) creates conflict where there doesn’t have to be any. Here…
Less Stress with Fewer “Shoulds”
Following up August’s monthly article, this blog continues the idea of ridding ourselves of “should” and “shouldn’t.” In End the Struggle and Dance With Life, Susan gives us the example of Janice who learns the value of giving up her “shoulds.” “Shoulds” and “shouldn’ts” are signs of our need to…
Affirmations For Living in 2020
We’re talking about affirmations this month and how they are an important tool in Susan’s teachings. Whether your affirmations come from Susan or if you write your own, they have the power to change your mood and your mind when repeated often enough. Times are rough right now and many…