Author Archives: DivaVicki

SELF-SABOTAGE: The Art of Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

SELF-FULFILLED PROPHESY: THE ART OF WILLFULLY STRUCTURING EVENTS TO MANIFEST A PROJECTED OUTCOME.
 
 
It isn’t enough that we have to battle the rest of the world, we have to battle ourselves. And often we are not only our greatest critic, we are our worst enemy. We treat everyone else in the world–including strangers on the street–with [...]

TURNING ON A DIME

     Life, they say, is what happens while you’re otherwise occupied. I’m not sure if I believe that, but I do believe that you can miss life by being occupied.   We can get caught up in crisis living and miss the turns on our personal paths that are most meaningful. What do I mean?Honestly, I’m grappling with [...]

BLOG DAY: THE LIAR’S DIARY BY PATRY FRANCIS

   Patry Francis is an International Thriller Writers member with a new release, THE LIAR’S DIARY, and is unable to interact with readers at this time, as she is healing from cancer. There is an in-depth article on my website: www.vickihinze.com in the blog, which has an extensive amount of information (audio, video, bookseller links, etc.) on this inspiring [...]

Keywords: Production, Gratitude, Substance

Houston, I have a problem. I intended to post the article to go with the title here today, but after multiple attempts, I failed to get the photo to include, the text to include, and the graphics to include.  In other words, nothing worked.That isn’t to say it’s the programs fault–believe me, I’m sure as certain [...]

Seeing Clearly

Why is it when we’re most muddled and under the greatest pressure, we see most clearly?
A few days ago, an event occurred that should have had the woman it was happening to nose-diving into a hole and pulling it in after her.  Mounting pressures had attacked her from all sides and yet rather than being [...]

NEW YEAR’S EVE TO-DO LIST

 Today the door closes on 2007.  For some it’s been a good year.  For others, the best they can say  is in short order it will be over.  But for the majority of us 2007, like most other years, was a mixture of both.  And how we view it largely depends on how we view [...]

HOLIDAY GATHERINGS

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING
Holidays are supposed to be happy times of celebration. Times when friends and families gather and share the joys of the season. So why then are holidays the most stressful times of the year? Why do suicide rates soar? So many suffer depression and others are absolutely miserable?
In part, the very thing that [...]

‘TIS THE SEASON FOR WONDER, MAGIC AND MIRACLES…

DO YOU BELIEVE IN HOLIDAY MAGIC?
I do believe. I do, I do, I do…  I suppose that whether or not you believe in holiday magic depends on whether or not you believe in magic at all, and on your personal definition of magic.
In my definition, magic and miracle are synonymous and, I believe, originate from the [...]

HOW-TO HAVE A CAREER AND A LIFE WHEN TIME IS TIGHT

Time and Career
©2007, Vicki Hinze
If you want to do something, you’ll find time to do it.
I’ve believed that my entire life. Which is not to say that I lack sympathy for the challenges in actually making it happen, especially when you’re juggling a home/life and a career.
Yet even with challenges, you will find time to [...]

Believe…

©2007, Vicki Hinze. All rights reserved.
It’s easy to believe when things are going well. It’s easy to believe when you’re enjoying the support of family, friends, colleagues, associates, peers. It’s easy to believe when you’ve nothing at risk and nothing to lose.
But those aren’t the times when you best know yourself. Those aren’t the times [...]