During the upcoming Holiday Season and New Year you would do well to find some balance in your life. Select the areas you want to improve and set a measurable goal. Get clear on why this is a must for you now to improve, and write down what your future will look like if you don’t improve this area...
What are you grateful for this holiday season? From Thanksgiving to the New Year, consider taking time to start and cultivate a gratitude habit. It can change your life. You can be thankful for what you’ve overcome, gained, and what you’ve learned...
It is amazing how our lives can so easily become so busy that something so basic as taking care of yourself can get lost. It can seem like such a challenge to remind yourself daily how to take care of yourself first. So this holiday season while you are filling your time with family and friends...
“When moving through life too fast we inevitably eat fast. It allows us little pleasure from food. It shortens our breathing and prompts us to abandon our deepest self and our true purpose for being here.” This holds true for how we live our life...
The concept of time can be so riddled with anxiety during the holiday season that it would seem that our best gift we could get for ourselves is more of it. So this year, instead of rushing around and trying to get it all in, let’s talk about making the most of it by finding out what is really important to us and ways to really enjoy it. Here are some important questions...
There is something amazing about vacations, leaving your normal routine behind and suspending your life. It gives us a chance to step back and witness our lives (and our schedules). Stepping out of your daily grind gives you a chance to pause and reflect...
Are you prepared for the winter of your circumstances? Do you have the proper protection to gracefully accept the change and loss of what was? Can you clothe yourself with understanding and...
By Karen McMahon Now you have watched yourself react to physical and emotional pain. As you resist the pain, it persists. Just as a fever and swelling is the body’s way of drawing your attention to a part of your body that needs your care, so too is everything that we feel. No matter […]
No one likes to feel pain. Our natural reaction is to resist it. So we take an aspirin, have a cocktail, dive into our work, go for a run, yell at a loved one…you get the idea. We resist it. The more pain we feel...
What can you do with your weekends or evenings that would bring you joy and fulfillment?
If money is an issue, decide on something that doesn't cost much. Perhaps you love to read but haven't picked up a good long book in ages, what would it be like to find a book club and weave a social setting into your book reading. Maybe you used to bike all the time and join a local bike club...
