How often do you think about creating your third act? If you are my age, days ago turning 76, you might think about it more often than not. You’re comfortable now, and yet, you somehow feel that there will be a few adjustments or changes in your future. After all, this is your third act, […]
5 Mistakes Women Make on the Road to Happiness
Before I made an intentional decision at the beginning of this year to wake up every day with joy, I thought about 5 mistakes that women make on the road to happiness. I began to draw a considerable list of no-nos – thinking patterns that produce adverse effects on the unconscious mind and reflect negatively in the […]
5 Ways to Create Lasting Positive Change in Your Life
If you want to create lasting positive change in your life in the healthiest and most instructive way, let go of the negative. What is your usual go-to attitude when something adverse happens to you? How do you respond when it’s time to make difficult changes in your life, when it’s time to forgive a […]
Find Happiness With 5 Subtle Habits
Published in Sixty and Me I’m on a happiness kick as 2017 begins. As intuitive and intelligent people, you know that happiness is a choice. And you undoubtedly get up every day and make a choice to be happy throughout your day. But some days you just can’t turn on that happiness light. The button […]
Pause, Reflect & Give Thanks: The Power of Gratitude During TheHolidays
As published in Sixty and Me It is my experience that giving gratitude with consciousness and pure intentions reduces stress and brings greater joy to your celebrations. Meister Eckhart, a 13th century mystic, wrote, “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” The holiday season is always […]
Increase Productivity in 20 Easy Lessons
As published in The Huffington Post I wish she/he would be more productive. I’m sure we’ve all heard this directive before. It might have come from a husband, wife, employer, manager, teacher or a mentor. Productivity is an all purpose word for getting a lot done. It can be as simple as a housewife paying the […]
7 Ways To Create A Successful Life
Life doesn’t have to be perfect for it to be wonderful. The possibility of creating a successful life that is balanced and blissful keeps options and opportunities alive so we can grow and change. To create a successful life also means being comfortable with what fits with who you are and who you want to […]
5 AMAZING FACTS YOU CAN LEARN FROM YOURSELF
Today is everyday. And everyday is an opportunity to learn something fabulous about who you are. Think of your life as a giant goodie basket. You can use everything in this goodie basket to your advantage, such as taking on life’s challenges head on, meeting important needs or finding personal and professional success. Life is a […]
Living With Swag
Last weekend I was buying shoes for one of my grandchildren – the 4 year old – and he said to me, “Hey, Gran, I’m getting new shoes with swag.” I looked at my son cluelessly and asked, “What’s swag?” “Mom, don’t you know swag?” he asked incredulously. “It means stylish and all that goes […]
Don’t Settle For Less: Dine On Caviar
Last week the New York Times had an interview with Gloria Steinem on the occasion of her 80th birthday. When asked if she had any regrets, she said: “It’s not that I would do anything different. It’s that I’d do things faster.” When Ms Steinem, one of my role models, candidly wished she would have […]