Five Ways to Break in Party ShoesWritten by Kathryn Finney
1. Wear them around house for at least 2 days, with a pair of thick white cotton athletic socks, using either sandpaper or a sidewalk to slightly scuff bottom. 2.If they're leather, waterproof outside of shoes, then soak entire pair underwater for about 2 minutes. Wearing a pair of thick white socks, walk around your house until dry. The shoe will mold to your foot. Caution: Don’t try this with an expensive pair, or light-colored shoes. 3. Purchase a pair of Dr. Scholl’s Heel liners, available at you local drugstore, and place them on inside heel of shoe. The liners help not only to break in shoe, but also to keep your heels from slipping and rubbing.
| | Top 4 Reasons Women Ride The “Emotional Roller-Coaster”Written by Dr. Shawn Byler
1. Women have learned and are in habit of being driven by approval of others. Most women allow expectations of others to define them and therefore making approval of others is responsible for their happiness. This pattern gives others’ power to make and take your happiness at any time. Approval seeking steals your happiness and doesn’t allow you to ever get to know yourself, your wants, your desires, or your needs. A total disconnect. Thus an up and down roller-coaster of emotions. Not a pleasant way to live.2. Women their achievements define their value. This belief causes several problems. When you believe that you are defined by your achievements, you are unable to feel good about yourself or have strong self-esteem unless you are accomplishing or producing which does not allow for down time, relaxation or free creativity. There is no room for you to just be… you. You identify yourself as results. This way of living allows for little or no joy, peace, or contentment because you are always looking for next way to achieve. This is very different from healthy goal setting. Attaching your value to your achievements will ensure that you will not exit your emotional roller-coaster. 3. Women believe their children define them. Holding this belief can be very damaging for parent and child. When parents (unconsciously) hold belief that their children define them or give them value, they will act in a way that pressures kids to perform at a standard they cannot match up to. Or parents try to force kids to have
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