INVESTING IN OURSELVES

INVESTING IN OURSELVES

This year I am calling for people to make a consistent investment into personal development.  In general, it seems we feel comfortable with allowing ourselves intermittent personal rewards but resist making real investments in bettering ourselves. Our choices around...
BEFRIENDING YOUR SCHEDULE

BEFRIENDING YOUR SCHEDULE

As 2014 comes to a close, many of us are checking in on the goals we set for ourselves in January.  For a lot of us, the results are not pretty. Twelve months seemed like more than enough time to do those things.  However, now there are only two weeks until 2015...
WHY NO LOVE FOR WALKING?

WHY NO LOVE FOR WALKING?

When a person is about a year old all anybody wants to talk about is if he or she is walking.  After that, walking tends to lose its glamour. I’m here to advocate for walking as a legitimate part of everyone’s wellness regimen.  Walking 30 minutes a day for 5 days a...
MY STORY IS NOT YOUR STORY

MY STORY IS NOT YOUR STORY

We all tell ourselves a lot of stories whether we recognize it or not. This skill is marvelous if we are intentionally creating new and wonderful worlds to expand our minds.  However, in my life I find storytelling is more often supportive of limiting beliefs. For...
CELEBRATING THE LITTLE WINS

CELEBRATING THE LITTLE WINS

One thing I’ve learned about myself is that I am a fan of acknowledgment.  The love language of Words of Affirmation is in a three-way tie for my top. What I also know is that our society isn’t really wired to fulfill that need for me.  There is simply a deficit in...
EASY DECISION-MAKING

EASY DECISION-MAKING

I’m here to share a secret about people with advanced degrees.  We think too much.  Our intellectual prowess has been celebrated and evaluated so much over many decades we don’t know when to cut it out and just do something already. This leads to a sense of feeling...