Susan L. Farrell, Author

Category: Self-Empowerment

“Small as Your Dreams”

My husband and I saw the movie Peter Rabbit recently.  At the beginning is the song “Small as Your Dreams.” This phrase is worth thought.  Are we as small as

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What Are You Feeding Your Brain?

We all know that we need to have a healthy diet to physically nourish our brains as well as our bodies.  Without the proper nutrients, in adequate amounts, our brains

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It Is What It Is…

I saw a sign with the following message in a gift shop in Evergreen, Colorado. (It did not include an author.) “It is what it is…but it will become what

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Self-Empowerment

Empowerment is external, self-empowerment is internal. Empowerment is when someone has power, permission, and/or authority to do something.  This often comes from outside the person.  For example, our supervisor might

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Asking for Help

I have a problem asking for help.  There are reasons for this. One is that I’m internally wired to think that I should be able to do everything, by myself,

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Noticing Work

I was talking with a friend recently.  Both she and her husband have careers that require quite a bit of their time.  They also have two small children that require

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Resolutions vs. Goals

I’m not a resolutions person.  It seems that too often I make a resolution at the beginning of the year to do something big, set it aside, and never look

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Gain and Pain

You have probably heard the concept that we have two basic choices.  We can choose long-term gain for short-term pain or we can choose short-term gain for long-term pain. Most

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Messages

I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers was talking about communication and listening skills.  During her presentation she mentioned how we communicate non-verbally as well as

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