How to Embrace Change

Change is often very difficult for people to accept and yet it’s happening every minute. The only thing certain is change. When you find that things are not as you want them to be in your life, it’s time to get comfortable with change.
The Comfort Zone
Change means stepping beyond the comfort zone and into the [...]

Ten Strategies to Maximize Your Time & Increase Productivity

Your day starts in a rush and continues at the same pace until you collapse on your bed and struggle to quiet your mind chatter so you can get some sleep and do it all over again. Does this sound familiar?
How would it feel to have more time to do the things you love doing [...]

Eliminating Overwhelm Part XV: How to Trust Yourself in Making Decisions

There are times in life where you find yourself contemplating a decision. You think and worry, and the more think, the more you worry.
You can’t decide what to do. What’s the right choice? You can’t stop thinking about it. You have difficulty sleeping. The thoughts interfere with your ability to function. And the more you [...]

Eliminating Overwhelm Part XIV: Focus on Pleasing YOU

Do you tend to do things to please others even though doing so does not please you?
Do you tend to forgive, make excuses, rationalize or minimize the behaviors of others even though they hurt you?
Do you tend to put the needs of others before yourself only to become resentful and bitter?
When you put others [...]

Let Go of Your Need to Be Right

Have you ever had an argument?
It’s a silly question, for sure. Everyone has. You know, in that moment, when you’re so sure that you’re right, when you just wish the other person would hear you – your version of reality, that is, your right way of looking at the world. If they would only [...]

Strategies to Move beyond Fear

What keeps you up at night?
What is the one worry or fear that you carry with you throughout your day?
How would your life be different without this worry or fear?
Many people have something that grips them – a fear, a worry or concern. And this fear is ever-present; it is your first thought when something [...]

Make Other People Feel Good in Your Communications

Mark asked me how he could remember to be more thoughtful in his interactions with his wife. They have been having difficulties that are finally being addressed in their relationship.
He suggested things he has tried in the past such as using a planner and writing down a list of reminders. He admitted, however, that this [...]

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

For those of use in the United States, this weekend marks our independence. To celebrate, take time to consider the freedoms you enjoy – too often we become complacent and take them for granted.
Running water and electricity are still luxuries in some parts of the world. So is toilet paper.
Be grateful and celebrate [...]

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