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 [...]

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 [...]

My Holiday Blessing For You

May you wake up each morning feeling refreshed and renewed, totally inspired and invigorated by the new day’s light, knowing that wonderful things are about to happen. May you be as nurturing and gentle with yourself as you are with others. May you share your pure inner joy and peace all around you, radiating hope and light to everyone you [...]

21 Surprisingly Simple Ways To Break Out of Your Comfy “Velvet” Handcuffs

New Handcuffs

Ever feel like you’re stuck in a rut, a slave to your daily rituals and routines? Doing the same old things and being the same old way, day in and day out? Well, I actually like my nice little rut. Maybe too much. Like most people, I am a creature of habit. I have my [...]

How To Get Yourself Out of a No Good, Horrible, Very Bad Mood

This too shall pass

Just last week a co-worker pointed out to me that I was in a bad mood. Okay, it was my husband, Steve. But still . . . maybe he was right. Do you ever find yourself getting cranky? Or suddenly feeling down without knowing why? We all have moments, or even whole days, when things [...]