My cat, Millie, always wants to be on the other side of the door. Any door! The bathroom door, the door to the deck, the bedroom door, you name it, she wants on the other side. Yes, it can drive me bonkers, having to let her in and out and back in again. But I……
Category: Personal Development
Dark Hour
When the clock strikes 8pm, I find myself saying to no one in particular, “I quit!” And all good intentions fly out the window. The nights can become my dark hour. Do you know how many times I’ve wanted to quit? A bajillion times. My days begin early, therefore after 8pm, I am tired. I……
Empowering You
Be forewarned. This article includes a few curse words and has one descriptive, kind of gross, incident. But I felt the need to include it to make my point. Empowering you! If you are willing to continue and ready to read with an open mind and heart….let’s go! Have you heard the adage – Shit……
Take a Break
Have you ever been working on something, a goal or a project, fully focused, putting in the effort regularly and then one day stop and screech to a halt? Unable to move forward due to lack of motivation, life situations, or sheer exhaustion? You may feel a pressure to keep going, but at the same……
12 Healthy Hacks
I am constantly looking for healthy hacks to add to my lifestyle. And as I age into the “Long in the Tooth” years I feel like I need to incorporate more. But in easy, bite-sized pieces. Hacks that are sustainable. In fact, my top 12 Healthy Hacks are listed below and here’s why I chose them………
Reboot
Let me tell you about my reboot. I was deep in thought on my walk to work one morning, thinking about why I was so upset the night before. Remembering that I had hosted a self pity party for me, myself and I, where the three of us had a good cry session. For some……
Where Did I Put My….?
The other day, I was filming an Instagram post. I had set my glasses down on the desk because I can’t see up close worth a dickens with my glasses on. Isn’t aging great???? Anyways, I finished filming and walked out of the room. After a minute, I realized I didn’t have my glasses on. ……
Power of Words
“What we have here is a failure to communicate”. This line was said by the character “Captain” in the film Cool Hand Luke to reason with Luke, a prisoner, about why he beat him. In that particular movie, that scene, and the power of those words, made sense. But that line has another meaning and……
Dreams
Ahhh, youth. The frivolous dreams and imagination of childhood. When you’re young, you are so excited about your dreams and all the opportunities out there in the world. Nothing is impossible. Fly to the moon and spread glitter all over it? You bet. Build a real Candyland? Absolutely. Save all the whales, elephants and unicorns?……
Gift of Life
Birth. The gift of life. But also, the ultimate death sentence. When we are born, we are one day closer to our death. We’re that much closer to our last breath. That sounds really morbid, but when you think about it, it’s true. Each day we live, we are nearer to our last day. So,……