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The story behind the story of Simply Ridiculous

Unbreakable Spirit book-cover. Millicent St. Claire. Best-selling Author.Personal and Professional Development Expert

  My latest creation is a contribution to a best-selling book entitled Unbreakable Spirit, an anthology of 39 stories headed up by my dear friend and spiritual sister Lisa Nicols. I’m knocked out, deeply humbled and in appreciation of this new experience and what it means for me. My chapter, in this book of incredible true stories, was selected to be first in the book and is entitled … [Read more...]

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #16 – Living in a Hell and Jail of My Own Making

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #16 - Living in Hell and a Jail of my own Making

If we create our own heaven or hell right here on earth everyday, I was certainly living in a  hell and jail of my own making! All of my accumulated simply ridiculous behaviors and mindless choices had led me to a living hell. I couldn't blame anybody for any of my misery. Not my parents, not my friends, not my environment, not my lovers, not the system, not the man and NO not even the devil! I … [Read more...]

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #15 – Falling for the Next Big Thing

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #15 - Falling for the Next Big Thing

I was an open and vulnerable soul... which basically means I was gullible! Gullible to the next big thing that would bring me out of the ditch and put me over the top and help me get rich. I put a lot of time and energy into programs that I never really worked for me - or that I never worked - and never got anything from. There is always some shinny, attractive, too good to be true opportunity … [Read more...]

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #14 – Acting Confused and Topsy-Turvy

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #14 - Acting Confused and Topsy-Turvy

This matrix that we are all living in has us all in such a spin that it takes some real discipline to get a grip. It had me acting confused and topsy-turvy. There were so many distractions and things competing for my attention that I din't know if I was coming or going. Eventually I let overwhelm sweet me under. Everything looked good. Which decision? Which choice? Which relationship? What to … [Read more...]

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #13 – Attracting all the Wrong Things

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #13 - Attracting all the Wrong Things

Attracting all the wrong things is easier than you think. We are all transmitters and receivers - sending out invisible thoughts, feeling vibrations and messages, and receiving them as well.  Whatever we experience is simply an out-picturing of the energy I had magnetized to myself.  All of the mess that surrounded me may have not seemed like a creation of my choosing, but I drew it into my … [Read more...]

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #12 – Faking and Pretending

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #12 - Faking and Pretending

Faking and pretending or the need to look good by putting on airs and masquerading is simply ridiculous. I found myself getting into debt, buying a bunch of crap that I didn't need and running up credit cards to buy clothes to hit the streets and look good with the girls. I used to fake it like I knew who I was and act like I had it going on. In reality I was like a lost kitten, just wanting to … [Read more...]

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #11 – Trying Desperately to be Liked

Simply Ridiculous Behavior 11 - Trying Desperately to be Liked

Yes... I spent a lot of time trying desperately to be liked. I used to work overtime to gain the approval and acceptance of others,  jump on the the bandwagon and go along with other people's ridiculous programs, chose "the usual suspects" to hang out with, fell prey to the wrong influences and acted outside of my character - all in an effort to be liked and accepted. HOW RIDICULOUS! It was … [Read more...]

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #10 – Withholding

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #10 - Withholding

Withholding simply means building a brick wall around myself and shutting others out. I didn't want to get hurt again so I had to insulate myself from the possibility. I wouldn't only let folks get so close and I was always suspicious of them and their motives.  "What do you want from me?" became my constant question and there became less and less of myself I wanted to share. I didn't want to be … [Read more...]

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #9 – Looking for Love in all the wrong places

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #9 - Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places

Looking for love in all the wrong places... This is easy to do because we are taught to look for our fulfillment outside of ourselves. I thought I'd find my fulfillment in a relationship or in some activities, but there was always this longing for something more. This "longing" turned me into a chronic run-away. I'd start a relationship and leave it for no good reason. Or unconsciously, I had to … [Read more...]

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #8 – Being a “Screamin’ MeMe”

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #08 - Being a Screamin' MeMe

Simply Ridiculous Behavior #8 I simply call Being a "Screamin' MeMe!" I was pretty passive most of my life, and to be politically and socially correct, I would implode rather than explode. But when I finally exploded I did it in grand style. Anger, frustration, and a rush of other emotions come rushing forth - I think we've all been there. Before I knew it, every wrong ever done against me and my … [Read more...]