Reinvention is a Necessity

The expression “Necessity is the mother of invention” has been around forever. I’m exercising some creative license in this post to paraphrase the statement so that it reinforces one of my foundational beliefs: Reinvention is a necessity. When I turned 50, I left my...

Has Your Willpower Abandoned You?

According to a recent article in Psychology Today, “Willpower is an essential ingredient in achieving, overcoming, and becoming…” That works for me with an immediate follow-up question – “Why does it often elude me, fail me, abandon me?”  Keep reading to learn what...

Happiness is an Inside Job

This story is so inspiring that I wanted to share it with you – A 92-year old, petite, well-poised and proud man who is fully dressed each morning by 8 o’clock, with his hair combed, freshly shaven, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. His...

The power of our words

As a child, hearing the adage “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” did not ring true for me because harsh, judgmental, critical words did hurt – a lot. Words could bring me to tears, feel like a knife slicing though my skin, and cause...