So often we hear about setting healthy boundaries and that we need to say “no” when necessary. And I have learned through painful experience that this principle is true. But it is also true that for our emotional health, it…
Break Free of Negative Habits and Unconscious Beliefs
I hope you’re having a beautiful day! It’s the first part of May and I was expecting it to be warm outside. Instead, as I sit down to write to you, it is cloudy, windy and cold. Are you like…
Decisions and Consequences. Can I Change the End Result?
Have you ever made a decision and hoped that the consequences, or end result would turn out differently for you? For example: After eating an entire ½ gallon of ice cream, do you hope you won’t feel sluggish and yucky?…
Are Thoughts Really That Powerful?
I had a new and surprising experience recently that changed my perspective on the power of our thoughts! I teach mindset skills and a common understanding in this field is, if you don’t like what you’re experiencing in life then…
Are Your Eyes Open?
While traveling this last week, I experienced a valuable (and humorous) lesson that reminded me to open my eyes. While my daughter and I were driving across the United States, we wanted to attend church and googled directions to the…
When Uncertainty is Talking
Have you ever had a decision to make and the answer was unclear? When the only thing you felt was uncertainty? An example of uncertainty By the time you read this, I will be in the middle of a cross-country…
Letting Go Even When You Haven’t Wanted To, Can Bring New Life
Have you ever neglected (intentionally or unintentionally) an area of your life and then berated yourself repeatedly for not being “good enough to do it all?” Letting Go When You Haven’t Wanted To I most definitely have! Yet I was…
Growing Together or Apart
I am a student of human nature. I love to study and understand why people think, say and do what they do. Maybe you’re like me. Or if not, reading this short account might help you understand those around you…
Not Sleeping? What to do
What do you do when you wake up in the middle of the night with thoughts racing and heart pounding? Maybe you’ve had some unsettling dreams or worries and fears are spinning your thoughts out of control. If you’ve ever…
Are you Listening?
Once again, I’ve been taught by my children in a surprising way! As my two daughters arrived home late one evening, after a full day of early morning piano lessons, school, track practice AND the first performance of their High…
Better Week Than Mine
I hope your last week was much better than mine! Having had a good 7 weeks of improved eating, exercising and after bragging to my mother that I couldn’t remember the last time I had been sick, I was blind-sided…
Why not look for the good?
I unashamedly look for the good in all situations. I say unashamedly because there was a time that I stopped acknowledging the positive because I’d see the rolled eyes or hear comments such as, “You’re such a Pollyanna,” as if…
