Thanksgiving is Thursday, 5 reasons to start the festivities right now
Monday, 24 November 2014
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
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Create a Work-Life Balance to Keep Loved Ones Close
Thursday, 30 October 2014
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
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My journey up the mountain
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Several years ago, I was invited to book a massage appointment with someone described to me as a yoga teacher from Tibet. I made the appointment and didn’t know much other than this was a Tibetan monk and that the experience would be just that – an experience. It was. A man of small physical
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A beautiful airport experience–really?
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Yes. Flights get me where it is that I need to be–sometimes at a moment’s notice given who my clients are and the various types of work that I do. And yes, there have been times in my life when I felt a certain sort of dread in anticipation of flying–but I had a very
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A week that is sacred
Monday, 14 April 2014
Regardless of your religious affiliation, this is a week that is designated on most calendars as Holy. For Christians and those who are Jewish, it is a period of reflection and prayer alongside some fasting. My pitch is not about religion here but about the Faith Factor and opportunity. Imagine gifting your self with time
Spring Cleaning — of all sorts, i.e., internal and external
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Let it go, let it all go. It feels so good. I had a feeling of clutteredness — yes, I like to coin terms. Every day as I sat in my office, I felt like I wanted to somehow reorganize or something to make the space feel more open. I am extremely organized and not
Winter of Happiness & Well-Being #6
Saturday, 01 March 2014
Tell me you’re not secretly thrilled that I didn’t let you think that winter was over in February. Most of the country is under another winter advisory, the Midwest is poised for an additional storm bringing snow, snow, snow. Get ready to use your hand gestures but make sure it is this one and not
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The K Factor
Tuesday, 07 January 2014
Where K = Kindness, and the factors are the things that lead to it.
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The start of a new season
Sunday, 01 December 2013
This is the opening of a new month, on the heels of Thanksgiving and the beginning of new holidays where everyone is in a flurry and feeling joyous and also terrified about the stress of it all. Not to stress — relax, breathe, be happy, put a smile on your face until it makes you
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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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