By Lisa Brick You are the only person in your life who is always there. The relationship that most impacts how happy you are and what you are able to accomplish is your relationship with yourself. Everyone else (parents, children, significant others, extended family, friends, coworkers, and acquaintances) comes and goes. The extent that […]
By Karen McMahon There are many strategies available to learn the skill of grateful. We can begin or end every day listing 3 things we are grateful for…they must be different every day. We can keep a gratitude journal, adding to it all the time. We can write letters to those we are grateful for […]
By Jean Grossman Especially during divorce, our mood can match the weather. After what always feels like a long and dreary winter, you begin to wonder if it will ever end. Any evidence of spring brings hope and that reminds you of the feeling of a new beginning. Hope inspires you!
By Jean Grossman Surviving divorce can be challenging even when it goes smoothly. Lots of unknown territory to navigate, lots of people telling you what to do, lots of people telling you you’re not doing it right, does a picture come to mind? After a while, it gets to just be too much and […]
Whether you are two months or two years into the divorce process, it is so important to look not only forward to where you ultimately want to be, and to stop and acknowledge how far you have come. Especially when we are going through a difficult time, feeling the pain and trying to stay strong while […]
How would you describe yourself? Are you generally a carefree positive person? Or do you typically live in a world of worry and regret? Would ‘easy going’ or ‘controlling’ describe the way you travel through your life? How we react to our most difficult life circumstances can be used as a gauge and a magnifying […]
“I have not failed; I’ve found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison From the smallest to the biggest ‘mistakes’ of our lives come the lessons and opportunities for our greatest growth. It is never in the times of ease that we stretch and grow, but rather through the challenges we face that we […]
Instead of dreading the holidays and wishing they would quickly pass, give yourself the gifts of gratitude, self-love and personal reinvention. Shift your focus, with anticipation, upon those doors that are opening before you and all that they might have to offer you...
When our love tank is filled, when we feel really loved by the people that are important to us, the world looks brighter and we can navigate difficulties and differences in a positive way. On an empty love tank, hard conversations become confrontations...
On this day of thanksgiving, look at your life through the lens of gratitude for all that you have become. Rejoice with a grateful heart each day whether you are in the fire of refinement or the restful ease of a quiet moment...
