Posts by Ann Ruane

Self-awareness is the ability to take an honest look at your life without any attachment to it being right or wrong, good or bad. – Debbie Ford Mantra: When I choose to take an honest look at my life, I feel expansive.

Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes as well as your successes. It enables you to keep growing. – Lawrence Bossidy Mantra: When I choose to learn through self-awareness, I am continually growing.

Acceptance doesn’t mean that life gets better; it just means that my way of living life on life’s terms improves. – Sharon E. Rainey Mantra: When I choose to accept the flow of each day, I experience peace.

Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise, you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving. – Maxwell Maltz Mantra: When I choose to accept myself, I open to receiving the abundance I deserve.

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you’re going to do about it. – Kathleen Casey Theisen Mantra: When I choose to accept what is in front of me, I open to my inner resources.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. – Nathaniel Branden Mantra: When I choose to see differently, I open to change.