Pursuing your passion: What fuels your life?
I’m interested in how people work. Curious about what they care about, about what fires them up. And curious too, about why many of us are willing to put those things — our greatest passions — on hold to do instead the things we think we “should do.” We vacuum before we paint, even though [...]
Just say “Yes” and open to the possibility
No thank you. Sorry, I’m just too busy. Nope. Not gonna do it. Not available. That doesn’t work for me. Are you kidding? These are all the ways I’ve learned to say “No.” After years of feeling like I’d taken on too much, I learned, in part thanks to the women’s mags who ran banner [...]
Live Big With Awareness
There’s an old story about an elderly woman who is dying. With her family gathered for her final breaths, she declares, “If I’d known it would go by so fast, I would have noticed more.” The gifts of awareness don’t have to arrive on our death bed. Instead, they are all around us, like jewels, [...]
How to Take Inspired Action and Boost Your Happiness
There’s a study that’s out that says we are happier people when we are busier people – even if what we are doing is pointless. But, given the choice, why would we be pointlessly busy instead of inspired and engaged and busy? On my best days, I’m busy taking inspired action, rather than taking on [...]
Move toward your dreams
Every day we have a chance to create our experience, moment by moment. It happens through our thoughts and ideas. But, a good idea is not enough to create a good outcome. You also must take inspired action. You’ve got to make a move, because our thoughts take shape in our reality only when we [...]
One path: A mini green revolution at home connects one woman to the entire planet
I dream of being an environmental superhero, saving the world from oil spills, global warming and discarded water bottles. I’d want an organic cotton cape and a cool superhero name like Planet Defender. The truth is, I’m not equipped to save the entire world from environmental disasters but I am working on managing the carbon [...]
How a lucky charm (not the cereal) could change your life
I never write on the first page of a notebook. And during football season, if my team is winning, I wear the same t-shirt and khakis during each of the games. I’ve been known to wish upon a star and I always pick up pennies I find laying in the street. For good luck? Not [...]
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