Four ways to create a feel-good environment
Want to feel more creative and inspired – raise the roof, literally. Research by the bigwigs from the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing showed that ceiling height can affect the thought process. People were more detail oriented when working under an eight foot ceiling and more abstract when the ceiling was raised [...]
Know your goal and take action
What is it that you really want? Are you sure? Why? Often we choose goals that we sorta want. Things that would be nice, but nothing really that inspires us. We feel like we oughtta lose weight, or save more money so we add those items to our list. And we fail, because while those [...]
Why resolutions fail
‘Tis the season for goal setting. But, before you start plotting and planning just which steps you’ll take to launch your life forward in 2012, don’t forget to pick the right goal. Sounds obvious, but many of us go after the goals we think we ought to pursue, instead of the things we actually want [...]
Persistence comes easy with passion
I just finished writing a book. It took two months to finish the first draft, but really, I’ve been working on this for a lifetime. In the second grade I realized that I was a writer who would one day write a book or a bunch of them. It wasn’t a decision. It was a [...]
Reconnect with your innate creativity
Think you’re not creative? Baloney. Everyone is. It’s innate and just about every aspect of life requires some measure of creativity. Think negotiating with a teenager, or coming up with a different sack lunch idea or managing a marriage or painting a picture or leading a staff. It all pulls from our creative muscle and [...]
Get curious about your relationship and reignite the passion
I know he doesn’t like strawberries. He knows I love Asian food. I’ve heard the Boy Scout story a billion times. He’s heard every detail of my book publishing experience –more than once. And, after 12 years together it’s easy to see why the marriage could sometimes feel stagnant or routine. But, just when I [...]
Leave behind something good
“This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in [...]
Ask good questions, get a good life
Had a great time speaking to the MOMS Club of Beaverton South yesterday about Everyday Resilience. The members there asked some good questions. Questions that still have me thinking. Which reminded me of the work of Noah St. John who says, that the questions you ask influence the quality of your life. He describes how [...]
How To Attract the Love You Desire
Nearly 11 years ago, I pulled out a notebook and began writing down what I would want in the “perfect male.” I was looking for someone funny and fun. Smart and responsible. Someone about 5’9 who thought I was witty and smart and someone who was willing to travel and try new things. That’s what [...]
A Couple of Things About Music and Goals
Here are a couple of bite-sized bits of info that may not change your life, but could make you cool at a cocktail party. Why Music Gives You Chills Inspiring or thrilling music can evoke many things in people – even the chills. Researchers looked at why music gives some people goose bumps and determined [...]
Pre-order your copy now.
Choose your bookseller: