“What Creating a Happier Life Will Demand of You”
We live in a time when information is abundant about pretty much everything, including how to be happy. Even the US Declaration of Independence offers "unalienable right" to happiness as guaranteed by it's government. And yet happiness seems to be...
“Throw Out Your Rear View Mirror and Leap!”
We are rounding the corner into the 3rd month of the year, a time of year when people begin to realize either success-or not-with the changes they vowed to set in motion for making 2016 their best year yet. Ok, maybe not their best year, but at...
“Love Being the Smartest Person in the Room”
A few years back while working with a marketing coach for revisions to my website, I expressed frustration at the conflicting advice I had received about website copy over the years. He laughed and said something which struck that “wisdom bell” we...
“May You Live in Interesting Times”
What interesting times we live in. Being a student of woman's history and potential, I find the dynamics of the president campaign fascinating. Some of the earlier missed takes of women's empowerment are repeating themselves, but progress not...
“How’s Your 2016 Treating You?”
I don’t know about you, but 2016 is already requiring me to exercise more neutrality, wisdom, and courage for not freaking out in response to the challenges and changes life is sending my way. Now don’t get me wrong, freaking out has it’s place in...
Why “Just Breathe”is not Enough
A little over a week ago, 9 people were killed by a man 21 years young, in the basement of their church. Outrage, anger, sorrow are some of the emotions people share feeling, and how to respond to their emotions and this tragedy, a struggle. I...
“Is Nothing Sacred No More?”
I sit here on this Friday almost-summer morning, unable to attend to tasks I anointed for today. A practical list consisting of tending to my car’s need for an oil change, to weeding long neglected, and to tending my business. I spent yesterday in...
“The Wisdom to be a Fool”
Most people place a great deal of importance and priority on what they know and on control. Yet as I help my clients realize, both knowledge and control-while valuable-are over-rated in their power to create happiness and peace in life. So if being...