In the Christmas season, there is much talk about peace — messages like: Peace on Earth; World Peace; May Your Year be Filled with Peace...

Neuroscience tells us we are creating pathways in our brain, much like ruts in a dirt road, that become deeper and deeper, and therefore,...

I’m caught in a cycle. Every morning I tell myself I’m going to accomplish THE THING. You know the one, the thing that I’ve been pushing...

Last night, I met a three week old baby. Baby’s are so sweet and cuddly. As I was driving home it struck me all over again how utterly...

50,000 times a day we talk to ourselves, according to researchers. Sadly, 80% of it is negative — I shouldn’t have said that . . . She...

On my 50 birthday I awoke jobless, homeless, alone for the first time in 30 years and able to say "I'm better than I should be." I was...

"Please stop. That’s too much. I really can’t handle any more affirmation. Those powerful, positive statements you are making about me...

A passionate crowd of well-wishers gathered outside a farmhouse in Maryland in September 1884. They had come to approve the nomination of...

I crawled into Downtown Fort Worth at peak rush hour this morning. With this crawl, came two options: dread or hope. With the push of a...

In March 2017, I took a life change index -- basically I measured my stress level by looking at major events in my life over the last 12...

Many decades ago I planned my day out — every 15 minutes. I was ecstatic about the fact that I knew what I would be doing every minute of...

A woman born in 1880 becoming a world-famous speaker and author, traveling to over 40 countries, being awarded the Presidential Medal of...

It’s been two years since I’ve walked into a yoga class. My muscles have formed a very tight union. Like most unions, they typically get...

While sleeping next to the campfire one night, we allowed the fire to die completely out. Previous nights, we would let it die down and...

Pain makes me stir crazy! I have been in a great deal of physical pain the last two weeks. Every waking minute I focus on how to get out...

We are all writing our own story — living our autobiographies. An author writing a novel starts with a rough idea, progresses to an...

“I have participated in every bad decision I’ve ever made. I’ve talked myself out of exercising and into dessert. I’ve been present at...

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Want to get smaller? Maybe around the waist but not necessarily in the conference room, a vital conversation, or your next presentation....

A 5K. It was a warm night, the park was over-crowded, when the gun went off many began to run, others walked briskly, at the back of the...