Here’s a truth: Sometimes it’s hard to get out of bed in the morning. Sometimes it feels like the list of items to get done is simply impossible. Sometimes it feels like we’ve lost our zest. Where did our mojo go? There’s definitely a natural human evolution from the inspiration and excitement of our 20s…
Details“Why is this happening to me?” “Why can’t I catch a break?” How often do we, as humans, throw up our hands and feel powerless. Frustrated. And trapped. But one of the biggest disservices you can do to yourself – and often you don’t even know it – is going through your life from the…
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Ever feel like you’re chasing after your schedule, barely juggling the things on your To Do list, and finding yourself irritable, short tempered, and plain old resentful about what’s on your plate? Yeah… me too. It’s said that there has been no time in history that people have reported higher levels of stress than right…
DetailsI vividly remember looking at my planner one Sunday evening about 10 years ago and seeing a week full of commitments and appointments that I no more wanted to be at than have a double root canal. I felt defeated just looking at the schedule, let alone doing the tasks. I was resentful of my…
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It’s a funny question, isn’t it? Congruent. But what does that really mean? No, I an NOT likening you to two triangles with sides and internal angles of the same measure… Let me tell you a little about what I AM talking about. According to Merriam-Webster, one formal definition of congruent is “being in agreement,…
DetailsBoundaries. Boy, is that a tricky word. Because in psychological terms, it means setting a limit in order to take care of yourself and your needs that might “fly in the face” of what the other person believes or wants. Tricky indeed. And while we all know that boundaries are important – and certainly warranted…
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Oy, how many times have I found my mind wandering when talking to someone I care about something pretty important! In fact, I’ll be honest. It happened just the other day. Tim and I were having a conversation about a sensitive subject, and my mind wandered to something so frivolous that I caught myself having…
DetailsEarlier in my adult life – especially during my 20s – my self-worth was 100% dependent on what YOU thought of me. If you liked me, thought I was smart, thought I was capable, thought I was loveable – then I was. The bad news was that the alternative was also true. If you didn’t…
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Okay, raise your hand if you’re a bit of a control freak. Yeah, me too. (Although I prefer to use the term “Control Enthusiast”). I’d certainly been taught – and I think it’s prevalent in our society — that if we just hold the right vision (a la “The Secret) and take the right actions,…
DetailsEver had a day where it seems like you’re putting in maximum effort and enthusiasm toward what you want to create, but only getting minimum results and nothing is going right?!?! (Ha ha ha – who HASN’T felt this way?!?!). Truth is, on those days that are “clunkers” we often get agitated, frustrated, and wonder…
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