The Change You Hope to Produce Personally There are times in life when we want a different outcome. However, we keep plodding along doing the same thing over and over again – like the movie Groundhog Day - we wake up to the same routine. Yet, while doing the same things, we wish and hope [...]
How to Stop Procrastinating, Start Doing It is amazing how much I accomplish when I procrastinate. My underwear and sock drawers are in perfect order. I cooked and froze a week’s worth of meals. And I even did my 30 minutes on the elliptical machine. Why is it that I am being so productive? It's [...]
As the New Year begins we have been talking about change and the change process and making New Year resolutions. Since it is a time of renewal where we each hope to gain clarity in our lives, you might wish to better understand change, and the elements of change. Change often is about eliminating bad habits, or [...]
How to Trick Your Brain Into Accomplishing Anything Change is hard. Psychologically, we are hardwired to resist change. We are comfortable in the familiar, even if we know that it is not good for us. Bad boss, unhealthy eating habits, emotionally draining relationship - it doesn't even matter if we know the "change" we need [...]
Do New Year Resolutions Even Work New Year is best known for resolutions – get fit, lose weight, spend less, get organized – at least these are some of mine. We all hope that along with the end of the Holiday season, we can hit the reset button on our lives, too. The interesting part [...]
Your Midlife Marriage | 3 Shades of Gray Divorce It is easy for us to get lulled by the mundane aspects of everyday that we don’t even notice subtle shifts in our world. Then abruptly everything can change and all we believed to be true, suddenly isn’t anymore. It feels like we suddenly woke up [...]
Furious and Fuming | Your Relationship with Anger Have you ever been really angry? The answer is probably yes - we all get angry. Anger is a normal human emotion that we all experience. The classic definition of anger is a strong feeling of being upset or annoyed because you see something as wrong. The [...]
Decisions - How to Take Charge of Your Life Our life is made up of decisions. Each day we make 100's of decisions – trivial and crucial. What do I wear? What do I eat? Do I go that meeting? Do I quit my job? Do I stop for gas before work or after? Do [...]
She Owns It - How to Claim Your Authority I was looking for a new pair of shoes over the weekend – ok ok, I live by the motto “You can never have enough friends ... or shoes.” They were really cute brown low ankle boots that looked great with my jeans. I loved them, but [...]
3 Step Formula to Get Unstuck Life is filled with the challenges that have the power to derail us – a divorce, loss of a job, weight gain, health issues, or generalized unhappiness about something. We can easily become stuck in the quicksand of events that affect us at a core level or by the [...]
