Are you ready to make a change?

That’s a loaded question, isn’t it? Your response might be, “that depends.”  Let’s get specific: Is there a particular new habit you’ve been thinking about starting? Regardless of how big or how small your desire is, here’s a strategy to be successful with your new...

Is complaining contagious?

Roxi G. loves to whine, complain and grouse about what’s wrong with her life, her work, where she lives, her lack of relationships, her family – you name it, and she can launch into a diatribe. Her friends began matching her whine for whine – how bad the food was at...

Does your daily routine make you feel trapped?

I’ll be the first to admit that I find comfort in a routine. . . until I find myself NOT doing something because it interferes with my routine. Let me expand on that. Typically, a routine provides efficiency of time, energy, money and cognitive attention. That’s all...

Do you feel good about yourself?

Recently, I was the featured speaker at a women’s event, and I made this request of the audience:  Please raise your hand if you feel good about yourself. There was some squirming, shifting in the chairs, and a sudden need for everyone in the room to look down at the...

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...