I’ve been thinking about warmth a lot lately. I’ve decided not to live without it at all. I live in a place where until the past few years, we anticipated snow by October and a final frost all the way into April or May. Is it one of the happiest places on...
How do you create the life you wish for? I wish to be in alignment with peace, with contentment, with comfort and with joy. My thought flow about these four things led me to a holistic practice in healing as a venue for coaching. My study and practice of positive...
My doctoral dissertation was on happiness. I studied professional female writers’ perception of happiness in relation to their affiliation with an enabling institution. By the time I stopped, it was no longer ‘the thing’ in the field. A lot has...
Why are we always trying to cheer everyone up? We seek good cheer during holidays. We wish, ‘cheers’ in hopes of special occasions. Some cultures use, ‘cheers!’ as a good intentioned sign off in email. Do we have an internal wish for positive...
Dorothy, in the Wizard of Oz craved novelty. She was bored with simplicity. She forgot where her real power was. To seek novelty in lieu of our routine helps us gain perspective. When we want something to change, we have to begin doing something we’ve never done. It’s...
We’ve gotten into a habit of cultivating chaos where peace should live. Especially, this time of year. Holidays are hard on people. For those of us who live in a consumerism culture, we feel pressure to give gifts beyond our means. We feel obligation to give...
Today was a fast Tuesday. Have you ever had one of those? A day that seemed faster than others? Or, slower for that matter. Flow has a lot to do with losing track of time. Engagement has a lot to do with appreciating the remains of the day. Physically, it was an easy...
It’s a simple concept. Friendliness. One would think that it would be easy enough to find. A friend. People who are friendly for no reason, with no agenda. I have found this is not necessarily the case. Is it cultural? Perhaps. Is it common place? Not in our...
I must confess, I’m a strong pull to the right brain big picture thinker. My organization skills are very predictable, but they lack consistency. Things like ‘planning’ and ‘strategy’ and ‘organization’ look very different for...
For everything there is a season, and a season for everything. We live in a place where the very thought of doing absolutely nothing for any length of time is beyond our imagination, but also perhaps a dream come true. There is a great deal of life available in the...