by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Be Yourself, Blog, Confidence, Life Coach, Relationships |
Over the years I have blamed many of my problems on my Dad. Time to stop blaming him and start appreciating him for the gifts, the lessons, I learned from my Dad. He was a very smart and talented engineer, but not great with people skills. He had low self-esteem. He...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Confidence, Empowerment, Love yourself, Obstacles to Success |
The yellow lab next door has an invisible fence. He is “fenced in.” Sometimes he is lured to the very edge by the promise of anyone who might toss him a frisbee. He comes right to the edge, but stays inside his boundary because if he doesn’t, the...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Confidence, Empowerment, Life Coach, personal empowerment |
Who makes the important decisions in your life? Of course we want to answer that with “I do.” However, how many times do you do what you think you should, or what someone expects of you? We want to please others and meet their expectations. We don’t...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Be Yourself, Blog, Clarity, Confidence, personal empowerment |
Living your best life starts, begins and ends with you. No matter where you go, no matter what you encounter you are there. Your ability to navigate a wide range of circumstances and know what you want out of each is vital. So, how do you make decisions without...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Confidence, Love yourself |
We’ve been taught not to love ourselves. Instead, we’ve been taught we are unworthy and that self-love is bad. We have negative voices in our heads critiquing us for what we did or didn’t do that we should have. We don’t like our bodies or feel we’re not smart enough...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Clarity, Confidence, Courage, Life Coach, Life transitions, Ready for a change, Women in Midlife |
Whether at home or at the office, dealing with piles of paper can be a nightmare. Filing, sorting and maintaing paper is an area I have never been particularly good at. In fact I have started dozens of filing systems but have never consistently followed up with...
