Love Affairs

We shouldn’t deny it, everybody wants to fall in love in their life. Some people want to fall in love over and again and feel the passion of life in a multitude of ways and have the love affair be as much with life itself as it is with a life partner. All understandable. The thing about

We’re not Polish, he said, we’re Austrian

My mom’s cousin, who is my second cousin, just died. He was my oldest living relative. He was a WWII veteran and a very faith filled man who had a sweetness and a tough to him that I was drawn to. We exchanged a lot of communications online. He was political and funny and dear.

Stress, strength, and coping

  It is vital for us to arise each morning and feel the confidence to make the day count, accomplish goals, and feel our capabilities. And yet there are a multitude of distractions and barriers that become challenges that reroute even our best of intentions. We explain to ourselves, and to others, the why of

Self doubt and where it takes you

You already how to complete the opening of that sentence–you have allowed self doubt to take you on wild voyages that made you feel sea sick even though you were nowhere near water. You’ve given yourself headaches and angst and all with the power of your mind. Imagine……imagine where you could go to, how high you could

New beginnings are more than possible

This is a week that many observe as Holy Week, me included in that category. And this week can be a great excuse for anyone, yes, any one, any where, at any moment in time. Each day is a new opening for a shift, for goodness to seep into your realm and take hold and

Strength Training: Total Life Fitness

Spring season has opened and you’re thinking that you want to take a walk, go for a run, wear a bathing suit and look buff. You want to wear clothing that is comfortable, not layers that hide your body that represents you have let yourself go. Sound familiar on some level? On many levels? When
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Do you have a high level of trust?

The question ought to percolate the question — trust for what? I am interested in getting you to think about the degree of trust that you place in your own self and also in the relationships you have with others. In Build the Strength Within, I introduce you to the work of that lovely man,

What are you talking about–to yourself?!

Seriously, what are talking about inside that head of yours? Is it anything positive or are you wasting time by second guessing your life, your looks, your choices, your actions, your words….and then how does that list go on for? You cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought and certainly not a long dialogue

Inner strength and your childhood

One of the things I make note of is how people often get sad over the Christmas holidays, especially as it relates to the sweetness of what is associated with them. In my work, I consistently invite people to take a look back in their life, not to regress and get stuck there but to
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5 Tips to Ensure You are Miserable This Holiday

  Everyone is talking about what you can do to be happy this holiday and have a Merry Christmas. Seriously? What if you just simply want to be argumentative because you’re sick of those people in your life who you happen to live near, are related to, and have to work beside? BE MISERABLE —