You Are NOT Your Bank Balance

One of the little pieces of blackmail I have always ‘loved’ is that if you don’t charge enough for your work you don’t value yourself and other people won’t believe in you. That, or charging weeds out the losers. To a certain extent that is true, because some people value money in the wrong way.ContinueContinue reading “You Are NOT Your Bank Balance”

There I Am

Loud and Proud For many years I wasn’t as up-front as this, I was basically in hiding in my own life. Anxiety is the great un-doer of personality. It takes everything you think you are and changes you into something you don’t recognise. People very quickly pick up on this, and only the best keepContinueContinue reading “There I Am”

Why?

Why?Why what?Why did you do something?Why are you feeling something?Why aren’t you changing something?Do you know the answers to these questions?If you don’t it matters and doesn’t matterIt doesn’t matter because it’s okay not to knowIt matters because you’re trying to changeWhat you don’t knowWhat that something isSomething you haven’t decided onBecause you’re not inContinueContinue reading “Why?”

Not You Me

You ask me for adviceBut I am not youI cannot be youI can only be meAs such my advice will be basedOn what I would doAnd that’s no use to youWe need to find out what you wantTogetherYou are not alone with thisBut you are the only youOnly you can be right for youAnd youContinueContinue reading “Not You Me”

True Power

This is an old poster, so my website is – debhawken.com,but the DebDancingStar page is still available on Facebook. That was a really funny moment, the coordinator of the event asked some of the greatest thinkers of our time what love meant. They looked so flummoxed, but each came up with an answer of someContinueContinue reading “True Power”

Softly

Move softly through life Keep your mind in positive places Keep your thoughts as happy as possible Remember your humanity Understand that you don’t know why others are the way they are You won’t appreciate why others fall until you’re tested yourself If you think you have been and still don’t understand Then you haven’tContinueContinue reading “Softly”

Who Am I?

This is the first post promoting my book, which you can find on Amazon. As it says, it’s a handbook for permanent, positive, change. More than that, it’s a map book. Choose your starting point, choose your destination, and I offer ideas to help you get there. It’s a practical book that deals with lifeContinueContinue reading “Who Am I?”

Spring

What’s your favorite month of the year? Why? Hope My favourite months are springtime, all of it. The moment I see a daffodil my spirits lift and I feel renewed and hopeful. I struggle emotionally from October onwards, normally picking up in December. It’s as if my body feels the sap dropping in the trees.ContinueContinue reading “Spring”

I Want to be Cheery

I want this This world is not getting with my program of happiness, joy, peace, love, acceptance, sharing. It’s rather irritating. Okay so no one has heard of me, which is a bit of a drawback, but even so there’s nothing wrong with my plan. It means everyone is joyously happy, well fed, cared for,ContinueContinue reading “I Want to be Cheery”