Hourglass Conversations

228 Clearing out the Self Help Books

Mar 12, 2024


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We’re tired of clearing out books, especially those self-help books we’ve held onto for years? This week, we had fun with this topic and share a couple time-saving ideas.

We have a couple friends who have commented they would never buy a self-help book. We, on the other hand, have probably spent enough on these books to have bought a small car (or beautiful jewelry). Books we thought might help or improve ourselves.

Looking back, were they useful or not? Who knows? Either way, they’re no longer on our bookshelves. Self-acceptance of who we are now is so freeing! And makes getting rid of those books much easier.

Share your stories and interesting self-help book titles you once owned in the comments section below. 

 

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227 Begin a Good Habit Again

Mar 5, 2024


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Are you so over winter and feeling stuck, yet being nudged by the beginnings of Spring? If so, listen to our take on beginning a “new habit” again.

Cherryll has been wanting to start something new, but talking about it did not lead to action….until it did. Nudged by a friend, she finally did it– made a decision, scheduled it and started.

Hopefully our conversation will nudge you into action to make a decision to do something you want or need to do.

226 Year of the Dragon

Feb 10, 2024


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Happy Lunar New Year–The Year of the Dragon! There are so many ways to begin anew, and in the middle of February we have another. Looks like a colorful, fiery and prosperous year ahead.
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Need a re-boot…hopefully our light-hearted take on this traditional holiday will give you that extra boost of energy.

222 Do you like what you see in the mirror?

Oct 3, 2023


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“When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, ‘You’re either going to love yourself or hate yourself.’ And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things.”
—Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah got it right at 18, yet many of us still struggle with our relationship with the mirror. Especially now later in life.

Are you having a “mirror crisis”? This week we discuss how we feel about seeing ourselves in the mirror, which tells us every day we are aging.

So, what can we do about it?

There are several ways we can become more comfortable with the mirror. First and foremost, we need to feel comfortable with our age. We are as old as we are. While that is a fact, we can redefine what aging means and change our perspective. We can get older in the best ways possible for us.

Find older women we admire and take a page from their playbook. What makes them attractive interesting at their age. How are they redefining age?

Hear our perspectives and what go each of us through our own mirror crises.

Are you experiencing a mirror crisis? Maybe it’s time to listen to Queen Latifah and choose to love yourself in the mirror exactly as you are today.

MISSION STATEMENT:
We encourage women to discover themselves again after years of service to others. In a fun, collaborative, and informative style, we guide women to live a rich, full second half of life.  

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