How To Know (and Get) What You Really Want This Year

Goals for a new year . . .

There’s something about the new year that inspires most of us to get excited about an opportunity to start fresh. To make concrete plans and optimistic intentions for improvement. I’m a planner. I love to make “to do” lists. So setting goals for exhilarating my life are right down my alley. The history of making [...]

How a Visit From a Stranger Helped Me Get My Priorities Straight

Inspiration can come in unexpected ways

What matters most to you in life? What drives your decisions and passions? Most of us have a handful of core values that we live by. Our values define what is most important to us and guide our behavior. We shape our lives around them, whether we’re conscious of it or not. Sometimes we learn [...]

Is What You Know Really True?

World is flat

If your feet are cold, put on a hat. Have you ever heard that one? It’s a old saying based on the “fact” that we lose more heat through our head than through the rest of our body. I’ve heard this all my life, never thought to question it and usually wore a hat in [...]

50 Ways To Be Extraordinary in a Meaningful Way

You can be extraordinary

What does it take to be extraordinary? I used to think certain people were given special gifts and talents. I thought they were destined to make a difference in the world because they were somehow smarter or better than “average” people like me. Now I know we are all just people. We all come into [...]

Practical Everyday Habits I’m Stealing From a 12-year-old

We can all learn from each other

Aren’t we lucky? No matter how old or wise we think we are, we can always learn something new. My daughter had to travel out of town for business recently. Being a single mom, her only dilemma was what to do with her 12-year-old son. Of course, my husband and I volunteered to fill in. [...]