5 ways to connect with loved ones during the holidays
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
The holidays are a beautiful time, each holiday of the year. However, the holidays of November and December bring forth a certain stress that is not so apparent at other times of the year. Is it really about the season or is it about our culture placing odd pressures upon us by creating a storybook
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The middle of the week — Wednesday
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
It is not what anyone ever talks about — Wednesday. Friday gets a whole lot of attention, there is even an acronym for the excitement it generates — TGIF — thank God its Friday! There is even a national restaurant chain named such. We go there to celebrate the end of the week and the
Moving into a zone of financial comfort
Sunday, 07 July 2013
The idea of financial comfort seems like a dream that is impossible for most people — American or otherwise. However, this is a myth. Financial comfort has nothing to do with how much money you have but it has everything to do with how you deal with money overall. I call it The Fiscal Comfort
The reach for excellence
Monday, 03 June 2013
What is it, that thing referred to as excellence? Is it when you simply do your best, regardless of the outcome? Is it an unreachable completely out of the realm goal that we cannot ever achieve? How you answer these questions is revealing. Our mind never lies, the first instinctive thought that runs through our
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What drives you to suceed
Thursday, 30 May 2013
What is it that all of my topics and blogs and programs have in common? The SELF. The words has been ravaged over time and people often mistake focus on the self as a negative, selfish activity. I understand, and it can certainly go too far as in the case of Narcissus, who fell in
Self Determination Theory
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
What is it that we do to make decisions? What is that internal process? And what are the external influences? We need to know and understand the answers to these questions because if we do not, our life is bound to be significantly less intentional than we want for it to be. Whenever we experience
What inspires team work: our May 11 seminar
Monday, 20 May 2013
The idea of teams is as old as life itself – everything in the universe works in unison with something and people are no exception. We all need others to help us, support us, and guide us. Teams, when healthfully designed, put us into a zone of high productivity and happiness; the two are hand
Live Whole and Be Well
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Each day as the sun rises and the morning opens from the night, there are opportunities unfolding. The options are for us to realize and act upon in ways that will make the day beauty filled and meaningful. Asking yourself these questions: How has this day opened for you? What have the options been? Is
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Annual Memories of a Magnificent Woman
Thursday, 21 March 2013
My mother used to get sad during the first part of January, each and every year. She told me it was because she missed her mother; her mother died in the beginning of January. My mother was only a tiny little 11 -year-old child when she lost her mother. And when she lost her mother,
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