Lately, whenever I start to beat up on myself for struggling with a new skill, attitude or behavior, I think about ANTS.  Not ‘ants’ but “ANTS” — Automatic Negative Thoughts — my favorite chapter in Jack Canfield’s book The Success Principles. It always reminds me of the incredible women with whom I shared it. When I first read it, I was working with women in pretty dire straights — parole, probation, addiction, domestic violence, homelessness —  these ladies were living with some ANTS that were going to…