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 [...]

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 [...]

In her new book Choosing Me before We: Every Woman’s Guide to Life and Love Christine Arylo shares the story of the heart-rending, soul-shifting on-the-verge-of-thirty breakup that opened her eyes to the fact that she had been mirroring her parents relationship, and settling for a love union that required she be less than her outright [...]

I just had a great AHA! as I was talking with “Our Lady of Weight Loss” Janice Taylor. She was talking about the fact that many of us see weight loss as difficult. She says, “weight loss is as difficult as you make it.”
Ding, ding, ding, light bulbs went off in my head. I realized [...]

I’m in the midst of video taping my Dream Board Magic! video course. It has been such a learning opportunity in self-acceptance.
Many of us are way too self-critical and there’s nothing like seeing and hearing yourself on video to bring forth observations and judgments that are anything but neutral.
I find myself watching and observing: “I [...]