The New Year’s Going To Be All About You!
Once you have flown, you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward; for there you have been, and there you long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci Celebrate & Reflect December is one of…
How Setting An Intention Can Change Your Experience For The Better
"No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before." Stephen Hawking The World Changes With Our Intentions Do you ever…
Feel Your Emotions To Release Them
Not why the addiction but why the pain.Dr. Gabor Maté, Physician and Addiction Expert A Day In A Life Of An Overwhelmed Human The below used to be a common routine of mine that gave…
You Might Not Be As Safe As You Think You Are At Work
The physiological states that support defense are incompatible with those that support creativity and expansive theories.”Dr. Stephen W. Porges, Psychologist, Neurscientist, and Evolutionary Biologist THE WORKPLACE CAN BE A TOXIC BATTLE ZONE Before I quit…
16 Things You Can Do Today To Better Handle Stress
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” Audre Lorde In the spirit of love on Valentine's Day, I'm sharing with you some of the things that…
Are We Stressed Or Just Soft?
"Emotional competence requires the capacity to feel our emotions so that we are aware when we are experiencing stress." Dr. Gabor Maté (Addition & Trauma Phycisian) Are You Stressed Or Soft? What does stress mean…
On Being Kind to Oneself
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.Mark Twain Sometimes We're Unkind Be kind. Be compassionate. Be loving. Most people associate these rules of engagement with how we interact…
10 Things I wished School Taught Me
Who Doesn't Like A Life Hack? It's graduation time! So many bright and shiny faces pumped to live out dreams, build successful lives and contribute to society. Someone asked me, "what advice would you give…
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I’m Pissed! But why?
Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.Eckhart Tolle We All Get Mad I'm going about my normal day. Doing my typical thing at work when I receive an email…THE email that is a…
Life Lessons From Our Cats
“Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem.”A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh We Adopted Two Very Different Cats My husband and I adopted our first cat, Snorkel, two years ago. Typical story of…