by AnnSheybani | Jul 7, 2013 | climbing lessons, death, Denali, desire, developing world, Dinah Shore, Gail Sheehy, goals, gratitude, identity, process, Rescue, running, Second Adulthood, Secrets, Shiraz, slavery, South Beach Diet, The Confidence Garden
Because we learn best from people who understand our demons. An alcoholic is best helped by a former drunk. The mother of an autistic child needs someone who has run the gauntlet themselves. You kinda want your divorce lawyer to understand your impulse to burn your...
by AnnSheybani | May 20, 2013 | Brian Tracy, coaching, Courage, divorce, expectations, goals, Honesty, reinvention, route finding, Secrets, The Phoenix Seminar
Know that problem you just can’t seem to face? Mmmm-hmmm, that’s the one. That dead end job, or limping marriage, or troubled kid, or that fill in-the-blank. What do you think it’s costing you to keep it under wraps, to ignore it in the hopes that it will...
by AnnSheybani | Apr 1, 2013 | connection, desire, identity, introvert, Ireland, people pleasing, reinvention, running, Secrets
I want to give you a beauty secret I’ve recently discovered. The single element that will make heads turn, regardless of your weight, age, or ability to pull together a decent outfit. The secret is Joy. Walt and I were at The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival last...
by AnnSheybani | Jan 7, 2013 | books, Chicken Back Syndrom, connection, eating disorders, Honesty, people pleasing, rage, recovery, Secrets, voice
At some point in your life you need to accept that your feelings are as credible and important, more so, than those of your loved ones. When you ignore your feelings, your desires, they turn into secret rage. Rage turned inward begets all sorts of nasty things. ...
by AnnSheybani | Aug 21, 2012 | anorexia, bulimia, dating, dieting, eating disorders, identity, Interview, Kimberly Riggins, Love Your Naked Ass, Oriah Mountain Dreamer, purpose, Secrets, self-image, Starting Over, The Invitation
Kimberly Riggins was date raped at the age of 16. That’s when she started seeing the ugly, disturbed, heavy woman in the mirror. “It was my way of punishing myself for not being able to get out of a situation that I shouldn’t have been in in the first place.” As you...
by AnnSheybani | Nov 21, 2011 | Alcoholism, books, Confidence, dieting, eating disorders, goals, identity, Interview, limiting beliefs, Planning, recovery, reinvention, Secrets, Self-Esteem, self-sabotage, Starting Over
Confidence expert Jules Wyman wasn’t always confident. In fact, the woman recently dubbed as Britain’s Next Top Coach once hid her insecurities behind booze, drugs, and junk food. “I reached out for all of them to do the same thing, which was to cover up the pain.” At...
