I recently had great conversation with Michael Linenberger, the author of the new business book: Master Your Workday Now! Proven Strategies to Control Chaos, Create Outcomes and Connect Your Work to Who You Really Are.
Linenberger is called an “efficiency guru” in the business world for his revolutionary common sense approach to workplace productivity. He has [...]

The following Just One Thing newsletter comes from Rick Hanson, Ph.D., neuropsychologist, founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, PsychologyToday.com contributor, author of Buddha’s Brain, and meditation teacher. Rick says, “smile after smile we could gradually change this world.” Enjoy this wisdom!
Just One Thing Newsletter

There are all sorts of fun “information” rabbit holes to go down to learn more about yourself and your life path: creative visualization, Vastu or Feng Shui, intuitive astrology, self-hypnosis, angel and spirit guides, shamanic soul readings, etc. That’s the joy of life. By just paying attention to what you notice, you become aware [...]

If we have learned anything from these tumultuous times, it’s that the currency of competition and greed is as unstable as a building constructed on a foundation of sand. During any rocky times, the foundation cannot hold and collapse is certain.
On the other hand, the currency of love is strong and endures through any circumstance. [...]

I had a big Aha! recently. As I experienced Christmas Day, I realized that I didn’t need Christmas anymore. I had indeed reached that place of knowing that I truly do keep Christmas in my heart all year long!
Personal growth markers
This was truly a marker of personal growth that has been in process since [...]

As any year comes to a close, it’s natural to look back and review the best moments, assess significant accomplishments and plan on how to best move into the New Year.
As I look back on the high points 2009, I recall the following heart-moving, soul-soaring moments. Both of these moments remind me of just how [...]

I was recently interviewed by Gail Martin of Dream Spinner Communications. Gail Martin is an expert in effective marketing for small business, including social networking. We had a conversation about how I came to be an expert on small talk (I’m the author of Small Talk Savvy) and the keys to small talk success for [...]

Leonard Szymczak believes that our purpose during our travels on planet earth is the quest of inner peace.
In his new book The Roadmap Home: Your GPS to Inner Peace, he shares with us how we can access the Guiding Power of Spirit each day to awaken to a consciously lived life, and transform by observing, [...]

If you’re a woman you probably have some variation of a body image issue: you’re a healthy weight but you hate a certain body part or several parts; you’re overweight and hate yourself for this perceived weakness; you’re the “ideal” of thinness and yet can’t sustain any lasting satisfaction from this; you’ve gotten into a [...]

I recently read an article in the October edition of Glamour Magazine titled “Meet Generation (R)X” about women in their twenties who think nothing of popping a pill for what ails them as well as giving them to friends who need a quick (alertness, anti-depression, anxiety-reduction, sleeping…) fix and can’t afford their own prescriptions.
I don’t [...]