The empty nest (and how to cope)
One day, the nest feels very, very full. Like no room full. Peeing with kids in the bathroom, dogs under foot, and you need a moment to think full. You start to notice spaces in your...
6 Questions to Ask Yourself to Get the Most Out of Life
6 Questions to Ask Yourself to Get the Most Out of Life A guest post by Leo Babauta. “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln I...
Death is Nothing at All (a consoling poem)
A brief background. Years ago, I was looking for something to help my grief. Not just my grief, but the grief of many I knew. I was brand new to Pinterest, and you could create your own pins...
Psst. Don’t hide your woo-woo. Own it! (Here’s why)
Sooo. I was at brunch and having this conversation with a new friend. I was talking about something in my past and then I just said welll. My energy changed if you know what I mean, (hoping...
5 Signs of a Toxic Boss
You know the drill. You check out the company you want to work for. You read the reviews. If you know anyone from the company you ask hey, do you know such and such and do you think they are...
7 Little Habits That Can Change Your Life, and How to Form Them
7 Little Habits That Can Change Your Life, and How to Form Them “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle Guest Post By Leo Babauta If you could...
Removing the Anchors From Your Life.
Are you ever scrolling mindlessly (really it has become a habit) on your social media platform of choice and you see this post from someone and your heart kind of sinks? Maybe your stomach...
5 Signs You’re Pushing People Away (read this if you want to change it)
One day, you might wake up and realize that you have been pushing people away your entire life. Believe it or not, humans are tribal, and we tend to like our packs. We were not meant to isolate...
Delete. Are you sure you want to delete this person?
Back in the day, you talked to people or you didn't talk to people. Now most people avoid talking to people. It is so easy to hit delete, but I wonder if anyone ever thinks "What will the other...
Private Eyes…Watching You. But are they really?
It was brought to my attention by someone. They said... First of all, why are other people alluding to others talking about you anyway? Why are they ALLOWING you to be talked about and not only...
Re-energize Your Life in 5 Days!
At some point in your life, your routine becomes just that. Routine. You start to forget the things that make you feel alive...and happy. You'll start to notice those signs because you won't...
Own When You Are Wrong: 3 Tips on How to Admit It
I will not forget the first time I heard Professor Brown speak. Brené Brown. I sat there and watched her TED talk, the Power of Vulnerability, and I realized that this was going to be a woman...
How to Keep Your Head Up (even when life is hard)
I am in the corner of a coffee shop right now typing this. I was sick all day yesterday...and last night we had a very bad storm and lost power. On the way here, I got a text saying someone used...
5 Surprising Benefits of Changing Your Energy
I get it. I really do. It's been a rough week and it's only Tuesday. Someone jammed up the copier at work, your car is on E and so is your bank account and it's nowhere near payday...but what...
The State of Being Happy.
The State of Being Happy. Why does is seem the harder we reach for it, the more we push it away like a beach ball of water? I do this really cool thing with my clients during one on one sessions...