If you haven't seen Oprah's Life Classes with Iyanla Vanzant, you might want to check it out. I like these Life Classes because Iyanla encourages people to do their own personal, spiritual work. When you are doing the work for your own life, you don't have time to meddle in other people's lives.
The 4 Main Ways Women Hurt Each Other:
1) Women betray each other's trust and confidence
2) Women gossip
3) Women lie to each other
4) Women compete with each other
2) Women gossip
3) Women lie to each other
4) Women compete with each other
Why Women Betray Each Other:
1) Self-hatred
2) We don’t honor our relationships
3) We seek external validation
2) We don’t honor our relationships
3) We seek external validation
4) We don’t honor ourselves
5) We mimic what we’ve seen
6) We hold unrealistic demands
5) We mimic what we’ve seen
6) We hold unrealistic demands
5 Rea sons Women Lie:
1) Fear of losing love and respect
2) Fear of hurting, upsetting or disappointing
3) To cover up issues of self-worth
4) When we feel threatened
2) Fear of hurting, upsetting or disappointing
3) To cover up issues of self-worth
4) When we feel threatened
5) To be polite
Why Women Gossip:
1) To get power
2) It’s an acceptable practice among women
3) We don’t recognize the power of the spoken word
4) It diverts attention from our own "stuff"
3) We don’t recognize the power of the spoken word
4) It diverts attention from our own "stuff"
Iyanla's Homework Assignments:
101 - Start logging how many times a day you find yourself talking about somebody else
201 - Ask yourself, "Why am I doing this?"
301 - Forgive myself for all the times I’ve done this
Ph.D. - Make the commitment to yourself that you’ll never do it again
201 - Ask yourself, "Why am I doing this?"
301 - Forgive myself for all the times I’ve done this
Ph.D. - Make the commitment to yourself that you’ll never do it again
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