How to Know if Your Girly Thoughts Are Holding You Back at Work: 6 Easy Steps

February 9th, 2015 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Women's Issues | Workplace Issues - (Comments Off on How to Know if Your Girly Thoughts Are Holding You Back at Work: 6 Easy Steps)

When you hold yourself back, when you don’t assert the power of your position, share your information, offer your opinion, there is a price to be paid—and it is either paid in real time with negative consequences or paid down the line in a failure to really succeed.       Are You Holding Yourself …
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A New You in the New Year—Free from Girly Thoughts

February 6th, 2015 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Body Image | Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on A New You in the New Year—Free from Girly Thoughts)

Above all, be the heroine in your own life. —Nora Ephron   You’re well into the New Year, and your resolutions probably included losing a few of those holiday pounds, right? If you’re like most of us, that particular resolution is a real stumbling block, and failing to realize it is an incredible stressor.   …
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Give from Your Heart, Not Your Girly Thoughts

December 5th, 2014 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Girly Thoughts | Parenting | Relationships | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Give from Your Heart, Not Your Girly Thoughts)

’Tis the season, with lots of expectations of what you should do, how you should look, and what you should give when gifting. No wonder your girly thoughts, that toxic self-talk that tells you what to do while simultaneously telling you you’re not doing it correctly, have a field day here. In my latest book, …
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Help Your Daughter Measure Her True Self-Worth in 4 Easy Steps

December 4th, 2014 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Adolescents | Adolescents' Issues | Body Image | Girly Thoughts | Parenting | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Help Your Daughter Measure Her True Self-Worth in 4 Easy Steps)

Remember how awkward it felt to be a teen? Remember what it was like to worry each night when you went to bed if you would recognize the you who woke up in the morning? Budding breasts, growth spurts, and those terrible pimples were all potential minefields. I know I can still feel how my …
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How Your Girly Thoughts™ Increase Your Holiday Stress

November 18th, 2014 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Body Image | Family Issues | Girly Thoughts | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on How Your Girly Thoughts™ Increase Your Holiday Stress)

By Patricia O’Gorman, PhD Author of The Girly Thoughts 10-Day Detox Plan: The Resilient Woman’s Guide to Saying NO to Negative Self-Talk and YES to Personal Power  (published on 10.28.14) — a fun book about a serious topic     The Resilient Woman: Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power (2013)       Healing Trauma Through Self-Parenting—The Codependency Connection (2012)   …
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Victoria Secret No Longer Feels Your Body Has to Be Perfect—But Your Girly Thoughts® Do

November 12th, 2014 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Body Image | Girly Thoughts | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Victoria Secret No Longer Feels Your Body Has to Be Perfect—But Your Girly Thoughts® Do)

By Patricia O’Gorman, PhD Author of The Girly Thoughts 10-Day Detox Plan: The Resilient Woman’s Guide to Saying NO to Negative Self-Talk and YES to Personal Power  (published on 10.28.14) — a fun book about a serious topic     The Resilient Woman: Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power (2013)       Healing Trauma Through Self-Parenting—The Codependency Connection (2012)   …
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True Kindness – No Girly Thoughts Here

October 27th, 2014 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Body Image | Girly Thoughts | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on True Kindness – No Girly Thoughts Here)

By Patricia O’Gorman, PhD Author of The Girly Thoughts 10-Day Detox Plan: The Resilient Woman’s Guide to Saying NO to Negative Self-Talk and YES to Personal Power  (2014) — a fun book about a serious topic       Women focus on being kind to others, but do we ever stop to think about being kind to ourselves?   How …
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If There Are Lots Of Fish In The Ocean Why Can’t I Catch One?

October 25th, 2014 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction | Alcohol Addiction | Celebrity Rehab | Drug Addiction | Relationships | Sex Addiction | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on If There Are Lots Of Fish In The Ocean Why Can’t I Catch One?)

Sherry Gaba, LCSW, a psychotherapist and life, love, and recovery coach, is featured on Celebrity Rehab on VH1. Sherry is the author of  The Law of Sobriety, which uses the Law of Attraction to help people recover from addiction. Get your free meditation audio MP3 How to Attract Positive Energy  and to learn more about Wake …
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Why Your Girly Thoughts Telling You to Be So Darn NICE at Work is a Problem

October 17th, 2014 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Girly Thoughts | Women's Issues | Workplace Issues - (Comments Off on Why Your Girly Thoughts Telling You to Be So Darn NICE at Work is a Problem)

By Patricia O’Gorman, PhD Author of The Girly Thoughts 10-Day Detox Plan: The Resilient Woman’s Guide to Saying NO to Negative Self-Talk and YES to Personal Power  (publication date 10.28.14) — a fun book about a serious topic       The Resilient Woman: Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power (2013)       Healing Trauma Through Self-Parenting—The Codependency Connection (2012) …
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