May 11, 2016 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem |
Yesterday was my 54th birthday. 2016 started out as an interesting, and somewhat challenging, year for me. I had a miserable case of pneumonia, my car was totaled, my dog needed surgery, my youngest child needed a minor medical procedure, and I needed a damaged...
May 4, 2016 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
Losing my voice caught me off guard in that I thought I’d had it all figured out. My voice was strong, my confidence high, my place in the world solid and strong. Then all of a sudden it was gone; my voice, my confidence, my ability to stay strong even in the...
Apr 27, 2016 | Stress Relief
Recently, I watched a Ted Talk by Kelly McGonigal that really shook me up. McGonigal is a health psychologist and in the talk presented some of her research around stress that essentially led her to realize that stress really isn’t the problem in most of our...
Apr 20, 2016 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
Here’s what my clients and friends tell me almost every day: “I’m stuck and I absolutely can’t get out of it.” They may be stuck in a relationship or in a bad mood or a job situation, but they absolutely feel stuck. Here’s the problem. They keep telling themselves...
Apr 13, 2016 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
Recently, I came across Jessica Stillman’s article titled “Complaining is Terrible for You, According to Science.” Honestly, I didn’t need a scientific study to tell me that complaining makes me a miserable person. I’ve run my own personal study by...
Mar 16, 2016 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
Dear Women of the World, Please start speaking up to ask for what you want. People can neither read your mind nor just know what you want. They can’t. It’s time for you to calmly and pleasantly ask for what you want. It's time for you to calmly and...