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Are You Feeling Anxious?

Are you feeling anxious about something on the horizon? Perhaps you have an upcoming event, a job interview, or a project due.  Are you spending your energy focusing on what might go wrong? Do you find that your breathing gets shallow when you think about it?  Or perhaps your muscles get tight? It feels like once that…

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The Power of Forgiveness

It’s hard to say, “I’m sorry.” It’s hard to admit when we have made a mistake, especially when we have hurt someone.  But what do you do when someone has hurt YOU, and THEY don’t apologize? Or they don’t think they have done anything wrong, but YOU are STILL suffering.  Or what happens when that person is no…

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Gratitude is a Superpower

When ONE thing isn’t going well, it’s easy to think that NOTHING is going well. I know because MY own brain wants to hijack all the good things when I focus on the one thing that is NOT working.  With Halloween being over, there are basically three days left in the year: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s…

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Declutter Your Way To Calm

Are you feeling overwhelmed? Do you have a To-Do list a mile long? Do you feel there is never enough time to get everything done? So how do you manage the chaos? One solution is to start decluttering your life.  Declutter your way to calm.  When we declutter our physical space, we declutter our minds too. “Stuff”…

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Routines Can Reduce Stress

My alarm goes off at 6:30am. Monday-Friday.  Although, I no longer have to drive any kids to school, no longer have to commute to work, and I no longer have to answer to a boss, my morning routine remains the same: Make my bed. Brush my teeth. Get dressed.  Feed the dog. Drink a glass…

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Mindful Meditation

For those of you who know me, you all know how much I love and value my meditation practice.  While I am often talking about the known benefits of meditation (greater sense of calm, more creativity, sharper mental focus), I had a new and unexpected benefit from my practice recently.  A few months ago I tweaked my…

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Give Yourself A Break

Are you an OverDoer?  Are you an “All-or-Nothing” kind of person?  The one with two speeds: HyperDrive and Collapse.  OverDoers come in all shapes and sizes: -The social animal who is always overbooked. -The perpetual traveler who is always packing and unpacking.-The workaholic who buries themselves in their job. -The hyperactive who can’t sit still.-The gamer who always needs…

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Is Exercise Part of Your Daily Routine?

So I have a confession to make.  While I am a Life Coach who promotes a philosophy of creating healthy daily habits for a happier mind and body… I did not always live this way.  As a kid, I ate all the junk food I could get my hands on. A typical breakfast was sugared-cereal or cinnamon toast…

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Are You Exhausted?

Sleep has been a fickle friend my whole life.  As the youngest of four children, I had a much earlier bedtime than my three older siblings,  so I was not keen on going to bed early and potentially missing out on the ‘action.’   The truth is that trying to fall asleep at night was an open invitation for…

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Help Yourself

Summer is almost over and Labor Day weekend is upon us.  For those who traveled this summer, went to concerts, and/or restaurants, it felt like a glorious collective EXHALE. It was ALMOST as if things were returning to ‘NORMAL.’ But Covid is spiking, and once again, everyone is divided as to what is safe and what is not.  People…