Busy! What is so bad about being busy? Can it ever be a good thing? Or is it always associated with manifesting stress and anxiety? The question really is, Has being busy become a culture for you? Or a status symbol? Meaning, does ‘busy’ make you feel worthy? That...
With our culture and world dealing with an epidemic of depression, I feel speaking about happiness is paramount. According to the World Health Organization, 300 million people worldwide have depression, and 16.2 million adults in the U.S. have experienced a major...
Do you ever find yourself wishing for a different reality? A different partner, a different career, a different car, a different house, a different life? If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone complain about the life they’ve created, I would be a pretty...
I feel like you need a reminder of how great you are. You have built an incredible life. Even if you're in the midst of great struggle right now, you are strong and capable of dealing with anything that comes your way. You've never been smarter then you are right...
A new year is all about change, about looking towards the future and letting go of the past year. Of transition. Of change. Of imagining a better future. This process often results in us trying to create 'resolutions' that are about what we don't have or how we are...
Thoughts. We have so many thoughts they can seem never ending. They plague our minds all day long, and seem to control and manipulate our reality. We are endlessly directed by our thoughts. Sometimes the thoughts we have can break down our sense of well being,...
I am not going to be so bold as to say we can eradicate the fear of being judged. What I am suggesting is that there are tools to help us navigate around our fears, the fears that stop us from doing things because we are scared of being judged. The thing is - we are...
Recently, I received an email; it felt thoughtless, accusational and uneducated, and I got pissed off. I was triggered. I watched myself slip into a state of frustration – my breathing became shallow, my jaw tensed up, and I started to create a story about why it...
Loneliness is one of the largest factors in mental health issues, addiction and suicide. It is something that isn't selective to demographic, social standing or wealth. It can capture anyone who is available and willing to travel into the dark tunnel of feeling alone....
It is frustrating when others aren't behaving the way we would like them to, isn't it? Perhaps it is a colleague, who seems to be consistently undermining your work. Or it’s your kids, who never listen to you. Maybe someone close to your heart is making decisions that...