I enjoy a good tarot card or personality test reading every now and again. I am not offended by the notion that I could learn more about myself through a new lens. But years ago, when my coach suggested my body was also a “reading,” I was taken aback. My body! I barely even […]
“Don’t believe everything you think.” * I think I learned this genius aphorism on Facebook. Anyway, it’s true; I know because I’ve tested it. My best example is what I think when it’s time to get out of bed (after a decent night of seven hours). I find it remarkable that I always THINK I […]
There are so many ups and downs to the holiday season and so many opportunities for you to tune out what’s really important to you. Whether it is to maintain or lose weight and/or avoid credit card debt, or something else, these goals don’t need to be cast aside just because it’s the holiday season. […]
Crap in, crap out. It’s just time to stop eating crap. I know it’s obvious, but what you put in obviously affects what you get out and I am not talking about your bowels only. When you eat dead, processed, sugared, preserved crap, how could you possibly expect to feel good, lively, clear-headed and brave? […]
You’ve heard the joke that babies don’t come with manuals, right? People are usually shocked at what it’s actually like to become a parent. As a coach, I get a huge kick out of it, because it engenders great humility since full grown adults are reduced to exhausted helpless heaps, and begin to consider forgiving their […]
I have seen transformation in my children over and over again. It goes like this. Setting: I enter the living room in the evening and see my children watching TV, with a mess around them. 1) Me: Please clean up the living room. Kids: (no response) 2) Me: You guys, it’s a mess and it’s […]
Did anyone feel like the holiday season came early this year? I did. Maybe it was all the candles? The slower pace? Families bonding together? Communal meals? Being grateful for heat and light? My kids being home for an entire week? THANK YOU HURRICANE SANDY. It’s too bad our “Design Your Holidays” teleseminar is coming up next […]
I know it is such a cliche, but I AM AFRAID OF INTIMACY. There I said it, and here is how I know it’s true. First of all, I almost always pick a fight with my husband if I know we’re probably going to have sex that night. I test him to the core and […]
Warning! I have a light potty-mouth. One of the most common “dumb-ass theories” I debunk is “I have to do it all myself.” Can anyone relate? Maybe in your head it sounds a little different, like: “If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself.” or “Nobody else cares or will do […]
It would be nice to have our dreams come true more often. But we don’t seem to believe in them quite enough. Actually we seem to believe in our excuses MORE than we believe in our dreams. And we pay more attention to them, too. But, when they pop up, they don’t sound like excuses; […]
Your kids. They’ve got school to teach them their educational requirements. They’ve got friends to teach them how to be social and have fun. They’ve got their extracurricular activities to teach them movement and play. And they have dozens of other messages distracting them at any moment of the day. And they have you, their […]
I’m content, even happy with my life. I give my relationship with my husband of over 40 years a 9+, my relationship with my kids, kids-in-law and grandkids, 9+, job of 24 years, 9+. I’ve got a few good friends whom I value deeply and scores of others: extended family and warm acquaintances for whom […]
