by DeBorah Beatty | Sep 14, 2021 | Growth, Personal, Relationships, Starting Over
FAMBILY The word started as a joke between my best friend, Carol Lynn and I back in the 80’s. It came from Linda Hamilton’s breathy mispronunciation on an episode of Beauty and The Beast. But I’ve used it and abused it for years. You see, there are two kinds of...
by DeBorah Beatty | Aug 12, 2021 | Growth, Personal, Starting Over
Well, well, well. What a wild time this has been since my last Inside Out post. This post was to be about my Meaning Maker Machine (M³) and how it works. The internal dialog I had with myself uncovered a whole new level of crap to deal with and I have been working my...
by DeBorah Beatty | Apr 13, 2021 | Growth, Personal, Starting Over
If you don’t count your failures, everything in your life is a complete success. Trevor Noah I’ve been seriously rethinking my views on just what failure is and is not. I’m putting together a talk on the above subject and it’s made me think a...
by DeBorah Beatty | Nov 19, 2020 | Growth, Personal, Relationships, Starting Over
Everyone has been betrayed at some point in their lives. Betrayal is a break in trust. A disappointment. We’ve all had them on varying levels. Some examples could be anything from finding out who Santa Claus really is, having a life partner cheat, having a political...
by DeBorah Beatty | Sep 16, 2020 | Growth, Personal, Starting Over
One of the hardest things to do when you’ve lost everything is to pick yourself up and start again. I know, I’ve been doing it my whole life. I was raised in a place that got the snot kicked out of it every 7 years or so. (Ah, the joys of island life.) I...
by DeBorah Beatty | Aug 7, 2020 | Growth, Starting Over
Ok, so have you ever stood on a threshold to a dark room wondering if you should go in? All it takes is a step forward and a reach around to flick on the light switch and the room is no longer dark and forbidding; it may even be warm and inviting! So many people are...