by Hollye Dexter | May 19, 2017 | aging gracefully, Healing from Fear, self acceptance, self esteem, teenage daughter, things I wish i knew then
Dear Teen Self,Remember that muggy, summer afternoon when you and your friends sat in a circle on your bedroom floor, your fingers raking through the tired, flattened shag carpet while you all pondered whether you’d still be alive in the year 2000? (And then the...
by Hollye Dexter | Apr 24, 2012 | Deepak Chopra, forgiveness, Karma, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah's Lifeclass, OWN, self acceptance, self awareness, self empowerment
Are you people watching Oprah’s Lifeclass on OWN like I told you to? Are you, are you? I can’t stress enough the importance of filling your mind with positive life-affirming information. ( Remember: garbage in=garbage out.) But just in case you’re not...
by Hollye Dexter | Feb 4, 2012 | essay writing, Johnny Mathis, life story, memoir, self acceptance, telling the truth, UCLA, writing
Last week, as I was the visiting writer for a UCLA online writing class, one student told me how difficult it was for her to let others read her work, and asked me how to get over the fear of judgment. This is what I love about doing this class- writers ask such...
by Hollye Dexter | Oct 5, 2011 | judgment, life lessons, self acceptance, self esteem, self forgiveness
“When you judge someone, you do not define them. You simply define yourself as someone who needs to judge.” – Wayne DyerWe all make judgments every day; I like this, I don’t like that. I don’t like the way he drives. I like the way she dresses. We pick and...
by Hollye Dexter | Sep 25, 2011 | Dancing At the Shame Prom, embracing our feminine power, healing, living authentically, releasing shame, Rob Lowe, secrets, self acceptance, shame, telling the truth, writing
It’s funny that I’m co-editing a book on shame, because if you’d asked me a few years ago, I’d have said I was a shameless woman. What I mean by that is I don’t have a lot of regret. I made some mistakes when I was young, but that’s what youth is for. I feel good...
by Hollye Dexter | Aug 18, 2011 | Dancing At the Shame Prom, healing shame, ridding your life of negative energy, self acceptance, shame
image courtesy of shamelessmag.com/One of my favorite quotes by Julia Cameron is this: “Anger is meant to be acted upon, not acted out.” So simple, and so true. This statement alone has helped me navigate so many difficult situations in my life. When I...