by AnnSheybani | Dec 16, 2012 | connection, expectations, growing up, guest post, Honesty, identity, Intimacy, limiting beliefs, mistakes, recovery, risk, self-image
The following is a guest post by one of my workshop students at East Hill Writers. Phyllis Satter is a very accomplished woman–writer and human being– and I wanted to share her piece because I think the message jives so well with what we talk about here....
by AnnSheybani | Dec 3, 2012 | dating, death, divorce, expectations, guilt, identity, life transitions, match profile, Match.com, recovery, reinvention, Self love, weight loss
Sometimes we get tired and don’t want to have to try anymore. We want to be loved and appreciated, just for being the decent human being we are. Which is exactly how I felt the year of the salmon-colored capris. It had been one hell of a “season.” I’d spent two and...
by AnnSheybani | Sep 10, 2012 | Authenticity, books, Honesty, Intimacy, Martha Beck, rage, recovery, self-sabotage, The Joy Diet
I once had a wonderful brother-in-law—a neurosurgeon in Tehran– who liked to point out interesting articles in his medical journals. Like the case study of an Iranian boy who’d bitten his tongue off, broken his bones, burned off 80% of his skin, all because he...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 21, 2012 | Alcoholism, Authenticity, Beth Janery, Boundaries, connection, expectations, God, grace, gratitude, Honesty, identity, Interview, love, manipulation, recovery
Beth Jannery was groomed for success. Taught to always dress for the position above her, and to look good on the outside in order to feel good on the inside, she learned never to be content with where she was or what she had. No matter what she accomplished,...
by AnnSheybani | May 21, 2012 | Alcoholism, anorexia, Authenticity, Boundaries, bulimia, Codependency, connection, Courage, eating disorders, grace, Honesty, identity, Interview, Intimacy, love, recovery, reinvention, Siddiqi Ray
Siddiqi Ray is so much more than a gifted photographer, life coach, yoga teacher, and recovery expert. Siddiqi is, by her own admission, on a serious mission. Her goal? To dispel the lie we’ve all bought into, that we are somehow not enough. “We numb that lie out with...
by AnnSheybani | Feb 21, 2012 | Faith, Interview, recovery, reinvention, sexual abuse, Starting Over, Yvonne Rousseau
Yvonne Rousseau considers herself a warrior. Sexually abused as a child, she turned a trauma that would have flattened the strongest of us into a one-woman mission to help other victims. Her recently released book, Beyond Myself: Reclaiming Your Life After...
