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Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness

What are you willing to do to get what you really want? Seems like an easy question, but it isn't! Get cut-to-the-chase self improvement and personal...
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I HATE My Life, But…

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― Why is it that people who are unhappy with their relationships, hate their jobs or just feel victimized by life in general are the ones who will argue vehemently to keep things as they are? Fear, of course. Plain old fear. At the bottom of all the... (more)
 Paula Renaye ― Posted 9 days ago
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What’s Wrong with This Picture?

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― You know those picture games in magazines where you have to find all the things that are wrong? Well, here’s a real life snapshot that I stumbled across the other day. See how many things you find that aren’t quite right. After renewing... (more)
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 Paula Renaye ― Posted 19 days ago
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I Told You So!

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― We’ve all been there. Something we didn’t want to believe would happen did and we needed a shoulder to cry on. In that moment, all we wanted was someone to tell us it was going to be okay. Instead, we heard things like: I knew this was... (more)
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 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Apr 25th, 2012
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Yes, I’m Really Good at That!

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― I just sent the following article across the pond for my weekly column on Pandora Poikilos’ PeaceFromPieces.blogspot.com. After I sent it, however, it occurred to me why the topic had come up. I’d just spent the last week copy editing&... (more)
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 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Apr 10th, 2012
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My Mother, a Big Ol’ Glass of Water and Me

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― I used to get highly irritated at my mother over drinking water, or actually the not drinking of water. She had chronic kidney problems, but couldn’t see any connection with her anti-water habits–and didn’t want to. I explained,... (more)
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 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Apr 2nd, 2012
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Online Dating, Marriage and Other Disturbing Thoughts

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― I can’t tell you how many people I’ve heard say that one of the reasons they’re staying in unfulfilling–and sometimes seriously miserable–relationships are because they don’t want to date and are afraid they can&... (more)
 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Mar 27th, 2012
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Parrot Head Self-Help

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― Okay, technically, I’m going to talk about Self-Help Parrots, because really, there is no help–self or otherwise–for Parrot Heads, except for maybe seeing Jimmy Buffett live in concert, which, as you all know, I finally did I did!... (more)
 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Mar 16th, 2012
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After All, He’s Just a Man….

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― I was channel surfing the other day and came across an infomercial selling sets of old country songs. Conway Twitty was singing “you want a man with a slow hand” and I just had stay for a few minutes. The nostalgic interlude was fun right... (more)
 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Mar 13th, 2012
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Do You Trust Yourself?

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― That’s a loaded question, and for most of us, the answer is probably “depends.” We might be totally trusted to do what we say when it comes to getting to work on time, but will happily let ourselves off the hook for exercising or... (more)
 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Mar 9th, 2012
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Relationship and Dating Advice–Buyer Beware

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― If you are single and want a relationship, or are in one that isn’t working out the way you’d hoped, you may have checked out a few books or blogs to figure out what to do. Well, I’ve checked out quite a few too, and all I can say... (more)
 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Mar 1st, 2012
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Flip Your Mattress, Flip Your Mind

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― Limiting Beliefs. We’ve all got them, but most of the time we don’t even realize it. We also don’t realize how much they control us. But really, why would we? We’ve operated from those beliefs our whole lives–they’... (more)
 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Feb 17th, 2012
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What’s Your Fantasy Today?

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― NOTE: This piece is adapted from my newsletter for subscribers. I typically don’t post what I write about in the newsletters, but since I had a lot of “ouch” comments back on the topic, I decided to share it here too. And, really,... (more)
 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Feb 14th, 2012
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The Joy of Embracing Your Pathetic-ness

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― If you’ve read my book and blog, you know about Rebound Guy–the name I affectionately give the man I leaped into an intense and tumultuous relationship with immediately after my marriage ended. Well, when I was trying to separate from him... (more)
 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Feb 13th, 2012
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Playing “Whack-a-Mole” with Fears and Choosing to Fail

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― For some people, playing “Whack-a-Mole” with fear and Choosing to Fail are “easier” than the alternative. Some people will unconsciously sabotage things so they don’t have to consciously face the thoughts, feelings and... (more)
 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Feb 7th, 2012
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I Was Almost a Beauty Queen

Self Help Tips and Shortcuts to Happiness ― Since the last article was all about my internal struggle between the Princess and the Rebel, I thought you might be amused to hear how that actually played out once for me in real life. Yes, I was almost a beauty queen. Technically, there are high... (more)
 Paula Renaye ― Posted on Feb 1st, 2012