Author Archives: Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist

I don’t know about you, but my mind can be a very annoying, continual list of shoulds. Even right now, as I write, I hear the suggestion, “Shouldn’t it be ‘sometimes annoying’?” This is the problem. I know a young lady who has a gift for snappy comebacks. When she receives unsolicited advice/information, her immediateContinue reading “Did I Ask?”

I had the privilege a few years back to speak and share my book, I’m Proud to Be Natural Me! with a pre-K class in Chicago. It was extra special that day because my daughter came with me and I used to be the teacher assistant in that classroom. I had an activity planned thatContinue reading “I Am Proud of You”

I have been working on me since at least high school. And I’m constantly finding new areas to fine tune. However, I have been approaching this “work” a bit differently, lately. I used to have a deep belief that being unique was a bad thing. So much of my personal development work was coming fromContinue reading “Toss It”

It’s a hard thing to realize that we aren’t perfect. And it’s even harder to see the depravity of others in our own actions. With perspective, we can learn from any circumstance. Read more.