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No Grit No Pearl By Sheba Matheu As a Girls Inc 30th Annual Celebration 30th Annual Celebration Luncheon co-chair, I am honored to be part of the process. I have had the pleasure of spending time with my co-chairs Penny Hill and Jackie Rogers on numerous occasions. I appreciate their professional style and consideration with all […]

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Recognizing Dark Triad Traits  By Sheba Matheu  Relationships can feel confusing and overwhelming at times. For instance, have you ever been in a heated discussion, known your feelings were hurt, and yet by the end, you were the one apologizing? Have you ever spoken to someone who misinterpreted your intentions? Then, when you tried to […]

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Who Are You After Parenthood? By Sheba Matheu    —–Being, belonging, and meaning: these three words relate to many transitions in life and create part of the universal human experience. Parenthood puts us on the fast track toward finding authenticity within the human life construct. Consider “being,” for example. Before parenthood, we contend with a […]

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How do we Begin to Heal? By Sheba Matheu I cringe and turn away when I witness a woman sharing her #MeToo moment publicly. Then, with my face wrinkled, I turn back toward the speaker, close my eyes, and listen to her every word. Inside, I’m hoping she gets to the part where she shares […]

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Be Vulnerable and Brave By Sheba Matheu author of 10 Secrets of Being a Lady When I decided that “Radiate Confidence” would be the first secret in my children’s book 10 Secrets of Being a Lady I set out to express the intention of those words in simple terms. I wondered, how do I impress […]

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Why Girls Inc. Speaks to Me By Sheba Matheu author of 10 Secrets of Being a Lady    It’s a very special day in Sarasota! Today is the start of the Giving Challenge #givingchallenge16, an outstanding opportunity created by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support the non-profit organization(s) of our choice. For the […]

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Parenting: Putting Forth Our Best Selves   By Sheba Matheu author of 10 Secrets of Being a Lady   At the start of each school year in Sarasota, Forty Carrots Family Center hosts a speaker event aimed toward a community who wish to broaden their parenting toolkit with evidence-based research. Each year I’ve attended I come […]

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Thank you so much for your interest in The Insight, by Sheba. I hope you enjoyed this week’s blogs about “Yes.” Next week’s topic will be “Satisfaction in Relationships.” Friday Review: Happy Reading! 1.     On Your Own Terms By offering a “yes” response, you open yourself up to opportunity and create an open path for […]

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The Scenario – The end of summer is drawing near, and with it the deadline for all the summer goals you said “yes” to. The garage is still cluttered, the walls in the kitchen have yet to be painted, and you haven’t even signed up for the county wide half-marathon let alone trained for it. […]

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The Scenario – You went out on a limb, took a chance, made the effort and failed miserably. Not just once, but several times. One can only try so long. How can we bounce back from a bad “yes” experience? Ellen McGrath, Ph.D., offers seven steps to picking yourself up after a fall: 1.     Change […]

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