Think back to the schoolyard playground, or the neighborhood bully - or fast forward to the woman at work, the cashier at the supermarket, or a spouse even. Somebody, somewhere who just let loose and mentally abused you... BECAUSE YOU LET THEM!
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will...
never hurt me.
We've all heard these words at one time or another. For many people this sentence couldn't be further from the truth. Why? That's because you've internalized what some mean spirited fool said about or to you. In most cases these people haven't a clue of the harm they're doing - they just enjoy passing judgement and love to spread all that negative energy around.

So what is real happiness all about? Is there a secret to finding it? And why is it so difficult to keep once you have it?

Televised self-esteem expert, Patricia Noll, is a speaker, consultant and the author of Good With Me: A Simple Approach to Real Happiness from the Inside Out. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Addictions Professional, and an Acupuncture Physician, and founder of The Good With Me Grassroots Community Initiative and Focus One, an Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Program licensed by the state of Florida in 1989. For over 26 years she’s helped thousands of troubled individuals from all walks of life discover the secret to Real Happiness from the inside out instead of from the outside in. She knows first-hand that being Good With Me and happy for real is easier than you think. Dr. Noll’s addiction treatment manual has received endorsements from Deepak Chopra, Jacquelyn Small, Dr. Larry Dossey, and Jack Kornfield.

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