September is all about going back to school. Everywhere you turn the focus is on getting kids organized and set up for a new year of learning. Even if your children are all grown-up, there is something about September that stirs up the memories of our own back to school experiences. I remember my mother…
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What wild geese can teach you about success
You can hear them long before you can see them. Honk honk honk. You never exactly know when it will happen. Some years it is early in the fall. Other years the snow has already fallen. But guaranteed one day or another flocks of Canada Geese make their way overhead. I always stop when I…
Want to change? How to start in the right place
Everyone wants to change something. Whether it’s improving a relationship, getting into shape, or cleaning out the closets, most people have a series of goals on their to-do lists that point toward a change they want to make. When you look at them a little more closely, often goals reflect our dissatisfaction with choices we…
How to be a better problem solver
How to be a better problem solver “Hey Mom, can you fix this?” That could just as easily have said, Hey Dad, Hey Sis, or Hey Whoever. Are you the person others turn to when they need a solution to a problem? Sometimes we have a tendency to rush in and fix things for other people….
How to be more resilient by building flexibility
When times are tough, the tough get flexible. That’s because flexibility, or the willingness to adapt, is an essential part of being resilient in the face of life’s challenges. Let’s face it – when something happens that isn’t what we want or expect, our natural reaction is to push back. We resist and question why…
7 no nonsense tips for more happiness right now
Everyone wants to be happy. So why are so many people not as happy as they want to be? Thousands of books have been written on the subject of how to be happier and yet people haven’t quite figured it out. Even though we join in a song with Bobby McFerrin or Pharrell Williams, we…
Celebrating Mindfulness Day with simple practices
Today is the 7th annual Mindfulness Day. Celebrated every September 12th, this day was created to raise awareness about mindfulness and its benefits. There’s a good chance you are not here. Well yes you are here reading this article but if you are like most people, you are not fully present in this moment. Chances…