by AnnSheybani | Nov 5, 2012 | identity
What if everything you’ve been through thus far was just leading up to this very moment? What if all you had to do to reach the other side, to get what you really want, was to take a leap of faith? I finally figured out what I never could when I was young: to be an... by AnnSheybani | Oct 29, 2012 | identity, Kathy Buckley
Ever notice we all have these stories? That thing we tell people fifteen minutes after meeting them. Walt’s story begins, “I was a single dad for a dozen years….” Mine, which is a little harder to slip in to a random conversation, goes... by AnnSheybani | Oct 22, 2012 | Boundaries, Confidence, nice girl complex, people pleasing, Self love, self-sabotage, The Honey Badger, Tony Robbins, voice
A few years back, Walt gave me a sailing course for my birthday. So, I’m on this 40-foot boat with five strange women for an entire weekend when I meet the Guiness Book of World Record’s champion nice girl. You would have recognized her, too. She was the one who... by AnnSheybani | Oct 20, 2012 | identity
Now, I’m about as spiritual as an Egg McMuffin. But, I’m going to dip my toe in the water here anyway. Today, I’m going to assign you a new totem animal. Yes I am. The next time somebody calls you up and asks you to bake 12 batches of cookies for... by AnnSheybani | Oct 16, 2012 | Authenticity, connection, Honesty, identity, Intimacy, Rhonda Britten, Self love, Self-Esteem, Siddiqi Ray
Everybody fears that they are not enough. Everybody. My father used to say that intimacy breeds contempt. This was his favorite motto, something he repeated every day So, I grew up believing that if someone got the chance to know the real me, they would hate my...
