Can a New Attitude Help You Adapt Positively to Change?
In working with clients through significant life events that rock their world, I see first-hand how their perspective can dictate the outcome of their circumstances. When they make a shift to a new attitude, everything can change. Here’s a case in point. Jen was going...
Why Letting Go of Anger And Resentment Is Critical If You Want to Find Happiness Again
Let’s get really honest right now, and answer these questions: are you happy with your life? Do you feel free? How grateful are you overall? If your answers are “not so happy, free, or grateful,” I have one more question: What is holding you back from feeling those...
How to Change Bad Habits That Interfere With Your Life & Career
How are you spending your time these days? Pandemics can change our behavior, that’s for sure. Have you noticed that you’re doing more of the things you’ve cautioned your kids about? You might be creating new habits that will be difficult to break. So, learning how to...
What If You Could Become…?
Have you ever asked yourself the question, “What If?” Annie Gibbins has asked herself this question since she was a little girl. The results are inspiring.
What Makes You Unique?
Linda Kalaf is an expert on diversity and inclusion. We talk about an interesting way to uncover our unique qualities, what influenced us, and why we behave in the ways we do.
How To Change Your Life When You Feel Unclear About Your Next Steps
Confusion about the future runs rampant during a pandemic—I guess we should expect that. But what happens when the chaos continues for longer than anyone imagined? You might be wondering how to change your life while the world is upside down, and you don’t have a clue...
How to Build Resilience When Facing Tons of Uncertainty About The Future
Mother said there would be days like this! The song was right, but she never told me to expect a pandemic! When life as we know it changes, it is human nature to react out of fear and doubt about what will happen next. Bouncing back, being flexible, and recovering...
Retooling to Remain Relevant in Changing Times
In this “Tips & Tea” episode, Laura Prisc and I talk about how you can step up, pivot, and shift in your life and career, so you can take personal responsibility for where the new road takes you.
Ambiguous Loss—Of The Life We Once Loved
Ambiguous loss. It started slowly at first—a diagnosis of degenerative disc disease, which was likely causing the pain radiating down his leg. Four surgeries later, with minimal relief, a regular regimen of injections, pain medications, and nerve blockers, his life...
Persistence Is The Key To Creating Lasting Change
As I think about all the changes we have had to accept recently, it makes my heart hurt. First, it was the COVID-19 pandemic, which was followed by the civil unrest due to racial police actions in several states. Change is upon us. What is clear to me is change...
Stress Relief—as easy as breathing
How many times have you been told to breathe when you’re feeling anxious or afraid or stressed out? I can’t count the times that I’ve been told by a yoga teacher, my doctor, a chiropractor and others to practice deep breathing when I’m stressed. When I do, it seems...
The Power of Words
A friend shared a powerful message with me this week and I want to share it so you can benefit. It’s a wonderful reminder of the power of words. It was recently published on PreventDisease.com’s site and originally written and shared by Susan Jeffers in her book...
What Inspires You?
It’s the start of another new year and, if this one goes by as fast as the last one, I’m going to need a lot of inspiration to get done everything I want to do this year. So I thought about how I can rally that inspiration for myself. I love music that moves me to...
Gifts from the Heart: Simply Celebrate
Have you ever met someone whose spirit engages you in the most incredible ways? I’ve met just such a person. She lifts my own spirit every time we chat … she always shares something that touches my heart … and she mirrors back to me all the good things she sees. ...
Calm Inspiration
One of the things I’m known for is my calming voice and my ability to inspire people to take actions that will move them out of their rut and in the direction of their dreams. I’ve found myself in need of my own “medicine” recently as I’ve made some significant...
5 easy self-care ideas
After me, you come first Have you ever heard those words? “After me, you come first.” I personally don’t know too many women who subscribe to that approach to self-care but, more of us should — including me! I was brought up to take care of everyone else first. ...
Change — With Calming Inspiration
Lately, I have found myself in need of inspiration … inspiration to manage through a challenging time without getting down on myself, without doubting my value, without sabotaging the progress I have made toward my goal. Things are changing and I don’t feel in...
Elements of a Thriving Life
As I was reading a book this morning it got me to thinking about what I consider to be the most important elements of a Thriving Life. So, I thought I would write about this today. I came up with seven elements. Let’s see where this takes us … 1—Take Care...
Overwhelmed? Find your sweet calm.
A conversation with a friend the other day got me to thinking about what causes us to become overwhelmed by life. We talked about how those feelings of being overwhelmed might arise when events in our lives happen too fast and we’re not ready for them. We might get...
Change—are you willing to change?
I am inspired today to write about change because of something I read that resonated with me. It is a quote from John T. Child. I am not familiar with any other work by this guy but, I absolutely loved what he said in this quote that I came across on Facebook. ...