When we look at our time and figure out where it’s going and how we spend it, it’s often helpful to see if the agenda items and the projects, the commitments or the activities we’re involved in, the service providers we use or the extra volunteer View Post
Grow JOY
Do you remember hearing about the controversial studies that show how plants that were told nice words and loving words grew better than those that were talked to harshly or negatively? Which do I choose more often: to speak kindly or harshly to View Post
New Vistas: From Hardware Stores to Wide Open Expanses
Sometimes in life, we want friends, colleagues, and people we need to be accountable to in a variety of settings to be things they are not. We'd like parents (or whomever) to be “one-stop shops.” Often, we have a way of doing things that is View Post
Soaking up CALM | Using Good Memories to Hold on to the Positive!
Think of a positive memory from the last week or the last month and let yourself bask in it. Soak up the calm and use the good memories to help chase dark moods away and hopefully hold on longer to recent good and positive feelings you've had. One View Post
CreativiDAYS: We’re all Creative in One Way or Another!
A few years ago, I checked out a book entitled How to be Creative If You Never Thought You Could, by Tera Leigh. I was doing many creative things but was still intrigued by the process of what it took to "think" of myself as View Post
Rediscovering Joy via Childhood Hobbies & Passions
Want an easy fix for finding joy? Try to remember what it was you loved to do when you were ages 6 or 7 and why you loved it. Or think about what you most enjoyed in early elementary school. If you can remember the things you enjoyed doing solely View Post
Goal-Setting 101 | Celebrate Past Victories and Create New Dreams!
If your email inbox or WhatsApp group messages are like mine this beginning of 2019, you’ve seen a number of messages that have advice about making new year’s resolutions or not making new year’s resolutions or one I got this morning that said, View Post
Self Care for the New Year
“And now let us welcome the new year, full of things that never were.” Rainer Maria Rilke It’s that time of year where we start to think about all the accomplishments from the past year and start trying to identify all of our goals for this View Post
Stretching Further with Courage and Faith
At a recent small gathering of friends, we decided to take stock and celebrate all the good and positive things in all of our lives this past year. One theme we spoke about was faith and courage versus nervousness, doubt, anxiety and fears and View Post
Dealing with Life’s Challenges and Indignities the Best You Can!
Dealing with daily indignities or crummy stuff in a delightful way is hardly easy. And still, it’s a great skill for navigating life with moxie, pluck and more happiness. Our lives are not free from challenge, nor is it reasonable to expect View Post