Remedy for Burn OutAmericans stay on the hamster wheel of work, family, community responsibilities. We typically only rest at holidays (unless we are the...
Celebrate Good Times, Come On“There’s a party goin’ on right here A celebration to last throughout the years So bring your good times and your laughter too We gonna...
My JOY ListFestive parties, spectacular light shows, delicious holiday food and sweet Christmas music interlaced with extra doses of joy are tasty...
5 Focal Points to Priceless PeaceIn the Christmas season, there is much talk about peace — messages like: Peace on Earth; World Peace; May Your Year be Filled with Peace...
The Power of GratitudeNeuroscience tells us we are creating pathways in our brain, much like ruts in a dirt road, that become deeper and deeper, and therefore,...
You Can't Just Do It!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...
18 No Cost Self-Care ItemsLast 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...
4 New Habits for Positive Self-Talk50,000 times a day we talk to ourselves, according to researchers. Sadly, 80% of it is negative — I shouldn’t have said that . . . She...
3 Secrets for Uncertain TimesOn 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...
5 Ways to Reduce StressIn 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...
The Practice of SilenceMany 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...
Sit in the PainPain 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...
3 Decisions you Must Make“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...
3 Necessities to Uncover the Next Step NASCAR pit crews are seldom the focus of a race. They refuel, change tires, make mechanical adjustments as quickly as possible and get...
3 Things to Eliminate to Be HeardWant to get smaller? Maybe around the waist but not necessarily in the conference room, a vital conversation, or your next presentation....
You Need a Sweaty MobA 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...
It's Redirection, Not a CatastropheWhat if failure is not really failure at all, but redirection? When you walk through the parking lot and trip on the way to your car, do...
RoadblocksI am not a good traveler — I’ve never been. At hour 10 on a 12 hour flight, I paced the aisles to try to calm my travel agitation. When...
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry Get More PointsThe big lie: You have to have more points. This is the message we are always hearing, you need more — more money, more help, more time....
3 Strategies for Not QuittingIt keeps coming. I keep working on eliminating it and it keeps coming. First, I try something that worked before. Then, I try something...