New Year, New Plan

Have you hit burnout? If it is the job you are currently in causing the burnout, you are expending all your energy just getting through the days

Just Be

Meditation and mindfulness.  Everywhere you look there are books, podcasts, classes and articles about meditation and mindfulness.  Recently, I even saw a TV commercial for one of the more popular meditation/mindfulness apps called Calm.  I found this ironic and fascinating for a couple of reasons. It is ironic because television is our favorite mind-numbing pass …

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Static

The kind of static I'm talking about is the kind you get when the signal of a radio station is too far away and there is noise that blocks out the music. When it happens, it is a 'fingernails on the chalkboard' situation for me and it has to stop! Similarly we have so much …

Decluttering Your Mind With This Daily Practice

Choosing to be content where we are makes the difference between always being preoccupied with what we should be doing and enjoying an uncomplicated, fulfilling life with our family and friends. We can stay on the treadmill of continuously striving and comparing our lives with everyone else's highlight reels or we can look around and …

Breaking Free From What’s Holding You Back

Loose ends are little pieces of things that are not finished. They come in many forms. Papers saved to file or read sometime. Pictures we need to frame. Thoughts about conversations we need to have. Feelings about people or circumstances we aren’t ready to deal with. This is not an exhaustive list but you get …

Changing This One Thing Will Get You To Finished!

Are you distracted? ...  Wait, what did you say? SQUIRREL!!  But seriously, are you a multi-tasker? If your work style includes checking email and text messages while you work, you may want to re-think it. Did you know it takes between 20-25 minutes to get back on track after a distraction? Plus, research shows that …

Your Thoughts Can Sabotage Success

Intentional living is one of my core values and favorite topics (in case you hadn't noticed). I truly believe it is the key to fulfillment and living a life you love. Reaching the vision you have requires focus, setting and reaching goals. Quite simply, that takes intentionality. But there is a component that is even …

Just Don’t Do It!

Just Don't Do It! If I'm honest, I fight a battle every day to focus on the most important things. At the end of many days, I wonder if I accomplished enough. Not because I didn't but because my plan was not clear enough at the start of the day. It all boils down to …

The Hardest Crowd To Please

The hardest crowd to please or succeed in is the one you’re closest to, normally your family, the people you live with or spend the most time with. These are the ones who see the worst moods, frustrations, and outbursts. Sometimes they even remind you of your shortcomings long after the fact. “You’re never happy. You're …

Surprising Ways We Self-Sabotage

A friend of mine recently asked me what was the number one thing I compare myself in. I'm thinking, "Just one?! It's a tie for everything!" And I realized, I compare myself so often I'm mostly unaware of it. Comparison is the constant soundtrack playing in my head, sort of like background music. What is …