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Master Your Emotions with Confidence

Would you like to boost your confidence, self-worth, & emotional resilience? Every week I share tips on how to cultivate lasting personal growth, sprinkled with fun, creativity, and spontaneity in my weekly newsletter: The Ponderings of a Feral Housewife.

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Master your emotions with confidence The ponderings of a Feral Housewife Issue # 73 || June 20, 2025 || Previous issues Hey Reader, Everyone wants to be successful. At something. But what does success mean to you? The truth about success Success is a measuring stick, but you get to choose the stick. What are you measuring? Whose standards are you using? Where did those standards come from? The truth is, you get to define what success looks like for you. But failure? That's often easier to...

Master your emotions with confidence The ponderings of a Feral Housewife Issue # 73 || June 13, 2025 || Previous issues Hey Reader, Summer is around the corner. (Next Friday officially). This is MY SEASON! Sunshine, warmth, time outdoors, ice cream, and soon THE BEACH! ⛱ I LOVE sitting outside and seeking peace and stillness despite living in a world of bustling traffic, cackling chickens, and kamikaze bugs 🦟. 🌞The warm sun says, 'I love you'. 💨The cool breeze says 'I'm here, when you need...

Master your emotions with confidence The ponderings of a Feral Housewife Issue # 72 || June 6, 2025 || Previous issues Hey Reader, Ready for a little fun and nonsense today? I hope you enjoy this little creative diversion. The following is based on a journal entry I wrote on March 29th, just for fun 😁. Welcome to nonsense Once you see it, you can't unsee it. It has built an obstacle course around my ceiling fan. I get the feeling I've been spied on for months. Probably a whole season. I was...

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Master your emotions with confidence The ponderings of a Feral Housewife Issue # 71 || May 30, 2025 || Previous issues Hey Reader, Happy Feral Friday 😎 How many conversations have you had this week? How many were satisfying versus draining? What would your ideal ratio look like? If you'd prefer 100% of your conversations to feel satisfying—I don't blame you! But the truth is—that would be setting unrealistic expectations. Unrealistic expectations are a major cause of disappointment and mental...

Master your emotions with confidence The ponderings of a Feral Housewife Issue #70 || May 23, 2025 || Previous issues Hey Reader, How's your week been? I hope you're ready to put your sassy pants 👖 on. I'm about to challenge a popular belief about empathy. Ready? First, we'll dive into what empathy is. What's empathy? How many times have you heard: put yourself in someone else's shoes? Empathy is the ability to understand and feel someone's emotions as if you're experiencing them too....

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Master your emotions with confidence The ponderings of a Feral Housewife Issue # 69 || May 16, 2025 || Previous issues Hey Reader, How's your week been? Fun or boring? Varied or routine? Stressful or peaceful? Mind dulling or stimulating? Mine at a glance looked like this: New haircut (which prompted new shampoo / conditioner / lip liner from Target) Airport run ✈ Horse riding lesson 🐴 Confidence coaching lessons Long walk on the rail trail with 2 delightful friends (we discussed literature &...

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Master your emotions with confidence The ponderings of a Feral Housewife Issue # || Month day, year || Previous issues Hey Reader, How was your week? I'm guessing you've been as busy as a bee 🐝like usual. Busy is good. I hope you've also taken time to sharpen that blade of yours ⚔️ with some R & R (rest and relaxation). Part of working smarter, not harder is sharpening your mind by taking meaningful rests. I'll never tire of drilling that advice into your inbox! Do you know why? Because if...

Master your emotions with confidence The ponderings of a Feral Housewife Issue # 67 || May 2, 2025 || Previous issues Hey Reader, Happy Friday! The weekend is upon us, and if your life is anything like mine, it's already booked up. It’s like there’s no room to breathe, let alone dream! Don't you hate that? Haha, I do! Having a booked-up day or weekend or week or month makes me CRAZY 🤪. I love S P A C E. Yes, the universe too. The stars. The planets. The Moon. All spectacular. But that's not...

Master your emotions with confidence The ponderings of a Feral Housewife Issue #66 || April 25th, 2025 || Previous issues Hey Reader, Wow! Can you believe it's the last Friday of April? Spring is popping (at least in NY). How many varieties of trees and flowers have you seen blooming? I've seen Cherry trees, Pear trees, Magnolias, and today tulips! Have you stopped 🛑 (not paused) to admire them? Have you stepped up and leaned in to see, smell, and touch the petals, leaves, and trunks? 👀 Have...

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Master your emotions with confidence The ponderings of a Feral Housewife Issue #65 || April 18, 2025 || Previous issues Hey Reader, How many conversations have you had these past few weeks in which one (or both) of you have ended up in tears? 🙋♀️ I've lost count. Just about everyone I talk to these days is struggling with something. Something heavy. Something painful. Something traumatic or sad. Or all of the above. The tears flow liberally, The tears come without wanting or warning, and...