How to Start 2024 Alcohol-Free and Feeling Amazing!
The combination of the media, the marketing campaigns and social norms encourage us to float through the festive season on a sea of booze. It can be so easy just to go with the flow. How about playing it a bit differently this year? How about resisting…
Read MoreReturning to Work After Divorce
When divorce occurs, what was enough to retire on, when you both lived in the same house, can become barely enough to live comfortably, or worse. Many of my mediation cases involve a stay-at-home parent, usually moms…
Read MoreCan Gratitude Stall Healing? Yes, When It’s Forced!
As a life coach for widows, I often talk with people who are using gratitude against themselves. Self-inflicted, forced gratitude is how many people attempt to kick themselves into a better emotional state. It isn’t effective…
Read MoreThe Wrinkles No One Wants to Have
One morning, as I was putting makeup on, I was taking a serious look at my reflection. This in my make-up mirror, which of course was magnified for maximum detection of everything you really do not want to see. Looking closely…
Read More3 Japanese Concepts to Enrich Your Life
The island of Okinawa in Japan is one of the longevity hot-spots of the world. That means it’s been identified as one of the five Blue Zones – areas where people live the longest and are the healthiest. Several beautiful concepts…
Read MoreWhat’s at the Roots of Financial Divorce Recovery?
Five years post-divorce, 25% of people say they feel recovered from the emotional impact of divorce, vs 35% who say they are still not recovered from the financial impact. Even after five years, so many of us are not financially resilient after divorce…
Read MoreDownsizing Is Really All About Embracing Three Little Magic Words
A minimalist lifestyle is relatively easy to achieve if all you ever say is the word no. It is so simple to say. No, I won’t buy that new dress or No, I won’t accept that gift, or in my case, No, I won’t buy more bangles. No, I won’t complicate my existence…
Read MoreWhat Advice Would You Give Your 20-Year-Old Self?
This year, our daughter got us started on writing the answers to some questions about our lives through a program called “Storyworth.” I know there are several versions of this service out there but basically, you get email questions weekly…
Read More5 Ways to Accept and Celebrate What You Have in Your Life Right Now
We all know the trick to life is wanting what you have. It’s been quite a lesson to figure out what are the things I need, versus what I think I need. How do you stay in that zone of being happy with what you have?
Read MoreBoost Courage and Self-Empowerment with Crystals
Whether you believe in manifesting and need more self-confidence to attract positive outcomes, struggle with anxiety and self-doubt, or want to feel empowered and trust yourself, you can boost your courage and self-empowerment…
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