“I can’t afford self-care. I have no time for myself and I’m on a budget.“ I hear the misconception all around me. That self-care necessarily entails “expensive” or “lots of time” - like a holiday in the Bahamas. It can be those things, yes. And, that’s nowhere near what the daily ... [ Read More ]
How to know what to say “NO” to
How many times have you said to yourself: “I just don’t get enough time for MY priorities!!” Or “When will all these distractions come to an end so I can do what’s important to me for a change??” If you close your eyes for a moment, what feeling arises in your body when you think of that? What ... [ Read More ]
What is your Personal Definition of Success?
Every year, as we wind down towards the end of the year, I take stock of what I accomplished, what was on my list, and what I want for the following year. In fact, I have a fun and detailed review process that I use at the end of every year to take a good look at how my year went, and how I plan to ... [ Read More ]
Are you Waiting for the Career Knight on a White Horse?
If you'd prefer to listen to this post, scroll down for the audio version. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article called What to do if you can’t find your passion. I also posted it on LinkedIn and the responses I received were incredibly interesting and it got me thinking about our choices in ... [ Read More ]
How to Create your Life with the End in Mind
We don’t often get the chance to contemplate the fact that we’re not on earth forever. I’ve had a few reminders recently and all of them shook me a bit. About 2 weeks ago, I heard from a dear author friend that she had a mini-stroke. She wrote up some beautiful insights about coming face to face ... [ Read More ]
The Three Most Important Reasons for Self Care
Most of us think of Self Care as Soaking in a hot bath when you’re tired at the end of the day Getting regular exercise Drinking 6 glasses of water Taking your vitamins Sleeping 8 hours a night (yeah right!) And yes, these are all valid. I’d like to propose that there’s a lot more ... [ Read More ]
How to Determine your Values
Why are Values Important? If you prefer an audible version, please scroll to the bottom of the post for the podcast with this content in audio format! If our goals are not in alignment with our values, we are going to have an incredibly tough time sticking to those goals. It will require enormous ... [ Read More ]
Values and Work
I hear about so many people who hate Mondays. It's not really Mondays they hate. It's what they have to DO on Mondays. Which is to force themselves to get up and go to work! If we don't look forward to our work, it could be that what we do at work does not fit into our value system. We need to ... [ Read More ]
Values: What are they and what can do for me?
(If you prefer this material in audio format, please scroll to the bottom of the page where you'll find an audio player.) I was working with a really amazing client recently. She's working through my new program "Six Weeks to a Guilt-Free No" and making enormous strides. She does homework ... [ Read More ]