'Breakthroughs' tagged blog posts in Ellia Blog for Women's Breakthrough

May is Here! I, for one, am thrilled! I’m truly ready to let go of the heavy, dark remnants of Winter, and stretch and play lightly with more ease, as summer approaches.

Yesterday, a dear friend of mine — fabulous life coach and Emmy-award-winning writer Susie Horgan – shared with me a core idea from Buddhist thinking that “suffering” is the continually craving to be where you are not.

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Well, my 30-Day Twitter Experiment continues and it’s been quite enlightening and surprising so far – and tiring! More than I imagined.

Here’s what I’m learning:

1) It’s all about the connection. What do people want more than anything in life? To be valued, liked, appreciated, understood, recognized for who they really are, and to not feel alone. Welcome to Twitter. It’s all about real connection – conversing,...

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So here’s the latest….I embarked on a 30-day experiment in which I’m going to get on Twitter, tweet at least once a day (and looks like a lot more!) and watch what happens – in my life, work, clientele, family, relationships, business, community, and in my new research and book in development on Women Succeeding Abundantly. Perhaps I’ll even learn something new about the way I view everything.

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I love reading Penelope Trunk’s posts – they’re always thought-provoking, controversial and stimulating. I’m thankful that she has a large voice and an even larger audience because she is able to prod so many of us to think about what we truly believe, in comparison with and contrast to her very strident views.

I must say, though, that her recent post on BNET – Terrible Career Advice Women Give Each Other...

As we move into a time of planting new seeds and cultivating what we truly wish to create, it’s time also to weed our gardens – discard old remnants from past plantings that thwart our growth, and cease to be beneficial as we evolve.

This Spring, I’m doing a great deal of emotional weeding. Truth be told (and so many people do not tell the truth about their real-life problems, so...