Tag: courage
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
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 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
Updated on May 18, 2016
The Year I Got What I Wanted for My Birthday
Who knew not being nice meant I got what I wanted for my birthday and stopped frustrating my family at the same time? Go figure. I don’t know if it’s a “Nice-Person” trait or just me, but for birthdays (and… Read More
Posted on April 13, 2016
What Did You Want to Be When You Grew Up?
“Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.” Anne Tyler, Back When We Were Grownups Growing up, our family moved every three to four years so books became my… Read More
Posted on March 30, 2016
Why This is Not the Year to Call Me “Nice”
I ace all courses on conflict avoidance and other-people’s-anger management. I disappear at a whiff of relational difficulty. So, anytime I’ve stepped into the fight, I remember the end of march to July 1998 buy cialis –… Read More