On this chilly December day, I’m noticing how dark it is so early in the evening – or more like late afternoon. Darkness is a signal that it’s nighttime, and as someone who likes to go to sleep early – like a parakeet whose cage has been covered – I’m finding myself having a difficult… [Read More]
Rest and Rejuvenation in a 24/7 World
I’m writing this in the summer, when the temperature is warm, the days are long, and as the song goes, “the living is easy.” Why, then, are so many of my clients telling me they don’t have enough downtime and desperately need a break from it all? That’s not supposed to be the case in… [Read More]
What Are You Choosing to Do?
Do you spend your days doing what you should do or what you choose to do? My guess is that you do what you have to do or what you think you’re supposed to do. We wouldn’t want to be irresponsible or disappoint someone – right? That’s what I was taught. Here’s why we lean… [Read More]
Why Setting Priorities Is Important
To Your Life…
What is a priority? Is it something that you think is important? Urgent? Has to get done? Is it an obligation? A priority is defined as the concern, interest, or desire that comes before all others. You might be thinking that this covers a lot of things and that you have more than one priority that… [Read More]
Do What Feels Right to You
How many times in a day do you feel like you should or have to do something you don’t want to do? It’s common to have resistance to things you don’t enjoy doing, like exercising or cleaning. Why is that true — especially when these things often aren’t difficult, so why do we resist doing… [Read More]
What If Your Highest Priority Was to be Happy?
Being happy means having more to give, being more available to opportunities, and handling more responsibility that leads to a fulfilling life. For most happy people it means feeling healthy, having a strong sense of well-being, and enjoying life. That all sounds good… but how do you get to feeling happy when so much of… [Read More]