We can always elevate our experiences in life.  Instead of having lunch at our desk or at the kitchen sink – we can take it out and have a picnic.  Or we can put some flowers on our dining table and use the good china – yes, for lunch. We can bring a good book…

Spend some time this weekend giving yourself meaningful treats.  Not just anything.  Nothing random. What is meaningful to you?  A cup of tea and a 10 minute break?  A walk in the park?  A healthy lunch with a friend?  A phone call to someone you love?  A great book to read?  What is meaningful is also…

The weekend is almost here and your assignment is to find some magic. Look at everything in a whole new way.  Pay close attention to details.  Look for unique aspects in everything. Pretend like you are seeing everything for the first time.  Let it all be new and fresh.  Look at colors and the way light…

When we feel like we have been swept downstream by some force of nature – completely sideswiped from where we want to be – it can be easy to feel like we want to fight it.  When what we see around us is not what we expected – it can be disorienting. If we fight it, we pay…

Sometimes it is amazing to give ourselves the gift of an interruption.  Life presents us with interruptions all the time.  Life is always changing, always interrupting what we thought we would be doing.  Let’s explore the idea of giving ourselves interruptions. We can purposely choose to interrupt our daily schedule.  When we are feeling like we have…

When we are attractive, we attract others to us.  Being attractive is not about how we look, but how we show up in the world.  How we treat ourselves and others. Attractiveness, in terms of physical beauty, is defined by each of us.  It depends on where we live, what our customs are, and other…

Taking care of ourselves is a very powerful thing to do.  When we nourish and nurture ourselves, we empower ourselves in ways that no one else can.  By caring for ourselves we build strength so that we can be more effective in the world.  Self-care gives us the foundation to be successful at whatever we…

Feeling disappointed by someone else? We can only feel disappointment if we have expectations and “rules” about what is supposed to happen. Usually when someone tells us they are going to do something – we expect them to do it. But what if we did not have expectations?  What if we did not expect anyone…

With all of the calendars out there – detailed lists and check off notes – we can get a lot done.  But with our dreams, those things we long to do more than anything, we put them off.  We somehow manage to take care of others, do our job (whatever it may be at the moment),…

When we believe someone has hurt us, at first it can cause big waves in our lives.  It can feel confusing and disorienting.  Sometimes our whole world feels like everything is upside down. It may take a minute, but we will get our footing back.  We will get back into the flow of life.  The…

Let’s slow down today.  We can really look around for the beauty in our lives when we slow down.  Let’s take a couple of mental photos when we see something wonderful. Life can go so fast.  With everything we feel we need to get done – it rushes by us when we do not slow…

  Having a wide array of emotions is a part of who we are.  Life would be very flat if we only felt and expressed our happiness.  Life is a full experience – sometimes it is joyful and sometimes it is less than joyful.  And that is all okay. Sometimes we may think that to…

We can easily get distracted.  There are so many things competing for our attention all the time.  It can be easy to get sidetracked from our goals. Sometimes being distracted is okay – maybe even helpful.  When we are looking for a solution and we just cannot seem to find it – sometimes it takes…

We all have days when things are not going as we planned.  We have days when we just do not feel like ourselves.  We all have days and times when we feel a little out of sorts. What can we do?  We can take a deep breath.  We can slow down.  We can take a little…

We are constantly creating our realities through our thoughts, our words and our actions. What we do today has an effect on what happens tomorrow.  What we think has an effect on tomorrow. If we think today that we are so far behind, why even try….  then tomorrow will feel the same. If we think…

The very best time to act on something that you want is right now. That may sound fundamental, but how often do we wait for the “right” moment?  We plan things out in our heads – over and over – but that’s as far as it goes?  The right moment is now.  The right day is…

Our personal growth is very personal.  There is no one way that is right for everyone to grow.  We all do it at our own paces and in our own times. When we have a major realization about ourselves or life – we start to live in a more loving way and we are very…

Look at you – doing your best every single day.  No matter what you are going through, no matter what is going on around you – you are always doing the very best you can in any given moment.  You deserve some credit.  You deserve a trophy. We all have challenges.  Things happen and they…

What did you do the last time your friend was down?  What have you done to help out a sibling?  Did you take them someplace?  Did you sit with them and listen?  Did you make them some soup?  Did you call them?  Did you bring them flowers?   What do you do to help others when…

Sometimes when we do not feel like we are being heard, we raise our voice and try to out shout the noise around us.  We try to demand that others listen.  It is important to all of us to feel that we are being heard.  Especially when we have something important to share. But often…

What have you wanted to see or experience, but have not taken the time yet for? There is a world of things to see and do out there.  Take off on an adventure this weekend and see what you can find. It is a great way to renew, refresh and recharge. Adventuring out can give…

When we have expectations of how something is going to turn out, we are setting ourselves up.  Sometimes it does go just as we expected – and all is okay.  But when things do not go as expected or planned – things can get pretty dicey.  We can be left feeling very let down. While…

Of course we want to be healthy.  We want to take care of ourselves.  We want to make loving, helpful, positive choices in our lives. For various reasons, at various times, things can get away from us.  Life speeds up or we have a major event that throws us off.  We forget to take care of…

Our minds need a work out – just like our bodies.  The more we use our brains, the better they function. Learning things about who and where we come from can be very enlightening.  But just finding something you are interested in and learning about that is great too. We can learn about so many…

Planning can be a really helpful thing to do.  Developing strategies and planning our steps can be like a road map for achieving our goals.  But when we get so caught up in the details, we don’t go anywhere. We don’t have to plan things to perfection before we get started.  We don’t even have…

How much forgiveness do you need?  For others?  From others?  For yourself?  How many times do you have to forgive others and yourself?  How many times do they have to forgive you? Forgiveness is such a big deal because we are stuck in a hurt until we forgive. We stay right there in the pain…

We usually know what we need to do next in order to reach our dreams.  And it usually takes a lot of little steps to get to our dreams.  Our long term plans are like a long dance of steps – forward, backward, side to side.  Rarely does any endeavor go in a straight shot….

Is your loved one making you crazy?  Do you hope and pray that he/she will change?  Have you tried to reason with him/her?  Have you tried to show them that your way is better?  Are you exhausted? The only people we can control is ourselves.  Our loved ones will do things that we do not agree…