The Dekkers Report

Our life’s journey to discover happiness is a solo adventure (happiness comes from within) and no one other than you can make it happen for you. Having said that, we compulsively enlist others in OUR pursuit of happiness and load them up with expectations of which they are often unaware.  It is “exp

It might sound a bit circular to you to suggest that you be a mother to yourself – but I believe that most mothers (no matter how wonderful) fall short of being the nurturing, caring, unconditionally caring mother we all need to get us through life. Through this blog and in everyday interactions, I

I confess that I am sometimes a “serial” blogger in that I post, post, read other blogs, think, post… One blog I subscribe to is about Expatriate Experiences (I live my Expatriate life-to-be vicariously through her experiences) and today’s post is worth sharing with you: I’ve heard this many times:

There are two types of people in the world – those who say “no” and those who say “yes” as a matter of upbringing, personality, habit, or need for acceptance. Stereotypically, the people who say “yes” are women who were raised to go with the flow, be service-oriented, don’t rock the boat, and the be

Last week, Forbes published an interesting article titled: Why Women are the Worst Kind of Bullies: What do YOU think?  My first reaction was: Charlie Brown’s Lucy (or worse)… in the workplace If you grew up in North America, you are probably familiar with the cartoon character “Lucy” from the Charl