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Posts Tagged ‘how to be happy’

The Cold Hard Truth

Monday, November 14th, 2011

By Guest Blogger Bianca Osbourne

Low self-esteem seems to plague the female existence. We are faced with the insurmountable task of being beautiful, successful, sexy and powerful, all while making it look easy. Low self-esteem has been my Achilles heel since I was very young. Growing up, I was chunky with spotted skin, so I worked diligently toward being the class clown. Having my classmates laugh WITH me before they could laugh AT me was an art form I perfected.

Fortunately, time was good to me and I blossomed as I grew up. The baby fat melted away and my skin cleared. All of a sudden, I saw a beautiful woman staring back at me in the mirror. Good looking men approached me from all angles, wanting to be my mate. I was shocked, but reveled in the attention that I had craved as a teenager. Then I met the man whom I thought I would be with forever; he was perfect, he loved me, and I loved him for that. But my old feelings of inadequacy crept in as the relationship grew, and those feelings slowly sabotaged this wonderful relationship, the relationship I wanted so badly; but believed I didn’t deserve.

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12 Tips On Aging… Not On Fast Forward

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Happy Monday, Ladies! I hope you all enjoyed your Mother’s Day. I had a wonderful weekend with my family. Yes, I even DANCED Saturday night! If you’re a follower of this Blog, you may recall I wrote a post on aging gracefully. I pointed out the simple fact, that no matter how rich, how poor, how thin, how happy, how unhappy you are, there is one thing in this world you cannot fight, and just happen to be battling at the EXACT same rate as the next person… AGING. Madonna is over 50. Yes, Even Madonna turned 50! Enough said. But in that Blog post, I talked about my desire to age without any help from Dr. 90210. I wrote about how to age “gracefully.” But, today, we’re taking it one step further.  Today, we’re talking how to put that aging process on slow-mo. And I’m not on the fence here. I just turned 35 and because I don’t intend on going the plastic route, I’m gonna fight the shit out of this aging process.

slowing down aging process

Now, this morning didn’t quite help the whole aging thing. In fact, this morning just helped speed up the process instead of slow it down. I was all ready for the gym and on my way to carpool, when I got a frantic call from my husband to get to the gas station immediately, buy a jerry can of gas, and bring it to “Lemieux” street, as his car had conked out… on the way to the gas station. Naturally, this threw off my whole morning, completely frazzled me, and made me come up with yet another excuse to skip the gym. So I did, and I’m in still in Lululemon workout clothes and haven’t yet broken a sweat today. I’m sitting idle, sipping lattes at Starbucks, not fighting any aging process at all. :)

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Unlocking Your Passion

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Have you ever had a burning desire to do something, but never got off the fence to do it? Do you have an artistic talent that’s been hidden for too long? Do you love to cook to the point where you’ve contemplated going to culinary school? Did you every wanna be the next American idol? Seriously! Today’s Blog post came to me last night when I got home from Dancing With The Stars. Yes, in Montreal, we put on our very own version each year of Dancing With The Stars, a fundraiser to benefit the Montreal Children’s Hospital. Women and men in our community are paired with professional dancers and compete in a competition just as on TV. Jean-Marc Généreux, one of the judges from So You Think You can Dance acted as one of the judges last night. It was great fun.

dancing with the stars

And during one of the dances, I looked at my girlfriend and said, I think I would love to dance again. I was a  ballet dancer for 18 years, and even taught young girls. I was quite good, but gave it up at eighteen for school, boys and partying– all age appropriate behavior, I guess. But really, when I was watching the dancers, I could really see the passion. They enjoyed it. I found it refreshing. And it made me think of why I started this Blog in the first place. I feel like I have finally unlocked my passion. It feels incredible.

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How Happy Are You?

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it – Ferris Bueller

ferris bueller

On Sunday, my little one turned 3. I can’t believe it. If you ask him how old he is, he insists 2. If you tell him he’s a big three year old boy, he cries and nods his head “No, I’m 2!” Okay, you’re two! And then he barfed, twice. No joke. It feels like just yesterday my water broke, on my due date, on the examining table, so in a diaper, off I ran to the hospital. Aaah.

So, today I want to talk about just how quickly life moves and the secret to being happy throughout. How many of you walk around in a bad mood, pissed off, down and un-optimistic? A lot. Sometimes we can’t help it. Sometimes things happen, beyond our control that gets us down. I can recall many times, just as my hubby and I are having a nice romantic dinner, or a great Sunday afternoon with the kids, we get the call. An order is stuck at the border, and the client is screaming at my husband over the phone to get them their goods. Or the other call…. he lost an order. Right away, the mood dampens. And while he has so many strengths, regrouping just ain’t one of ‘em.

So every time something like this happens, the rest of our day is shot. I try and be understanding. I also let these things kill my day when I owned my business. But, I try and remind him of the good, and of what he has to be happy for.

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