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Updated on March 23, 2017
The Top Ten Things I Learned from the Year of Not Being Nice
The Year of Not Being Nice was launched because I was tired of being the bobble head N.I.C.E gal and wanted to break free from bland to brave 2(A) The key to The Diagnosis ofaffected by disorders… Read More
Posted on February 8, 2017
Awfully Nice
Awfully Nice or Why Nice People Won’t Be in Heaven This Year of Not Being Nice was meant to free and empower me, not expose me. To change how others treat me, not how I treat myself and… Read More
Updated on January 23, 2017
What’s in Your Backpack?
This Zits cartoon describes the ups and downs of The Year of Not Being Nice. Standing up and breathing in the fresh air of freedom from lifelong habits of people pleasing. Then, weighed down again by fears of failure and… Read More
Updated on December 9, 2016
Jesus Did Not Come and Die to Make Me Nice
The Year of Not Being Nice has been harder than I thought. It is much easier to be nice—no conflicts, no controversy, no rocking the boat. It’s easier to be a bobble head. Some people have challenged me, “Really?… Read More
Posted on November 2, 2016
What Do You Mean I’m the Elder Sister? But I’m So . . . Nice
This “Year of Not Being Nice” has been good and bad. Good in that I’m learning to stand up, speak truth in love, and break my auto-apologizing habit. Family and friends see less of Saint Nancy the Nice… Read More
Posted on October 4, 2016
The Clash of the Women Conventions
Or what happens when the Tennessee Titan Cheerleader Tryouts, the Junior League of Nashville, and the Tennessee Red Hat Society end up at the Grand Ole’ Opry Hotel at the same time? The Grand Ole Opry… Read More
Posted on September 7, 2016
Bobbleheads Unite!
Niceness Recovery Step 4: Break the Nod-and-Smile Habit Have you ever found yourself nodding non-stop with a fixed smile on your face while someone is berating or belittling you, fast-talking you to do something you don’t want to do,… Read More
Updated on August 8, 2016
How Would You Answer This Question?
Are you willing to make a decision which would cost someone else? Bill, my husband, and I are opposites on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® except for one: we’re both perceivers. We never stop seeking more options and hate… Read More
Updated on June 1, 2016
The Hall of Fame of Not-Nice People
In this Year of Not Being Nice, I’m compiling a list of role models in courage and conviction, men and women who take their place instead of being put into someone else’s place for them. These are people… Read More