11 Ways to be happier this December

Christmas happens in 11 days. Hannukah begins tomorrow at sunset. No matter which holiday you celebrate, there are simple steps that you can take today to ensure that you close out this year happier and open the new year with a joyful perspective. The Dalai Lama teaches us that happiness ought to be our primary

Wildy Successful Women — Do They Have Secrets?

Of course. And we share them with those we are close to….or who become members of our inner circle.   Each one of us has our strategies, our thoughts, our attitudes and behaviors, that propel us into productive action that gets us on the track to meeting goals that we set. It’s essential. There are

Thanksgiving is Thursday, 5 reasons to start the festivities right now

I just love what our friends over at the Huffington Post have done this morning to get things rolling for Thursday. The idea is to have a relaxing and joy filled holiday. However, there is the issues that we all face for the holidays and they include: a. time management and how to get your

Take a transformational journey to bridge the gap between business and law

Hanna Hasl-Kelchner is a new friend of mine who I met within a fascinating group that comes together to genuinely Master Mind our business affairs and take things to the next powerful level. The process is amazing and the people I meet are every bit the ones who I crave spending more time with–because the

You need to get hold of your mind

And it is not hard to do. Join me, we’ll get started right now!   There is a simple formula and I have it — lucky you that you are here today to receive it. 1. awaken yourself and say aloud — thank you world, I am alive right this very moment; 2. move around and look

Wake up, step outside, breathe in deep, and feel alive

You owe it to your good self to feel the beauty of living each and every single day. Start right now. No matter where I go, I seek out places in nature that are peaceful and yet also exciting. For me, there is nothing that provides both more than the sea, whether it is the

A special request for peace — today

Peace. It is attainable through intention. I love the words of the song “Give Peace a Chance”.Imagine what would happen if the method of protest would return to the sit ins that used to take place here in America in the 1960s and 1970s. We would be looking at a very different national image and
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When your memories bless you and haunt you

We have a lifetime of events that imprint us and those imprints are both emotional and psychological. We have the capacity to influence how it goes, what the feelings are, what the words are, and how we allow them to influence us as we take the next steps in our lives. Build the Strength Within
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How are you allowing music to influence your feelings and thoughts?

With everything that bombards us in today’s electronic culture, we are influenced every single nanosecond. There are sights and sounds coming at us continually. Some of it makes us feel frenetic because it is too loud, too pounding, too high pitched, too angry, too slow, too fast–your interpretation of it  all depends upon what you

Create a Work-Life Balance to Keep Loved Ones Close

Journal Star, the website for the daily newspaper in Lincoln, NE, posted Dr Deb’s Monster piece, based on BUILD THE STRENGTH WITHIN, on October 23, 2014, and included the jacket image, as well as a link to the book’s page on Amazon, and to her website.  The site has approximately 260,000 visitors per month. Below is the