Even when we know WHAT we need to do to make things right, sometimes we just can’t do it!  This applies to our health, our relationships, as well as our mental state of being. I had a conversation with one of my dear friends last week, who is also a transformational leader.  She and I seemed [...]

In searching for the answers to our prayers, sometimes the Universe is actively responding, but we don’t recognize it because the help is not in the exact form that we expected. This reminds me of the story about the faithful man who’s village flooded and was asking God to rescue him.  As the rain was [...]

How much precious time in your life do you waste on worrying?  Let me ask you, has worrying EVER improved the situation?  Does it feel good when you worry?  What is worrying good for?…ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!! Worry is very closely related to fear which we know is a non-productive emotion as well.  When we worry about [...]

One evening a Cherokee elder told his grandson about the battle that goes on inside people.  He said, “My son, the battle is between the two ‘wolves’ that live inside us all.  One is Unhappiness.  It is fear, anger, worry, jealousy, sorrow, self-pity, resentment and inferiority.  The other is Happiness.  It is joy, love, hope, [...]

When you are so focused on pleasing others, you end up exhausted, stressed, unfulfilled, and you end up losing yourself in the process. If you find yourself in this predicament, ask yourself WHY it is so important to you to please others.  Is that where you find your own self worth by what others think [...]

Last week I talked about setting the stage for your life.  One of the main components in setting the stage is setting the pace.  There is hardly a conversation that I have with another person, that doesn’t include some kind of statement like “life is crazy”, “I’m spinning”, “life is out of control”, “I have [...]

One of the topics I teach in my Life is Not a Dress Rehearsal series, is that the choices we make as individuals set the stage for how we live our lives and what we experience in our lives. If you are faced with a challenging situation or task, the outcome of that situation depends [...]

Have you ever felt frustrated and like you were beating your head against a wall because you were trying to help someone but they wouldn’t take your advice or choose to make a difference in their own lives?  How frustrating is it to want the best for someone, but they don’t take action to create [...]

The universe, in all of its enormity, has access to EVERYONE and EVERYTHING.  YOU have the ability to tap into it if you let go and think beyond your bubble. We live in a friendly universe that wants to see us successful and happy.  The universe functions kind of like a genie in that it delivers [...]

The words “I’m sorry” can be incredibly powerful words, either positively or negatively.  The next time you encounter the option of saying them, think about how you say them and the impact that they will have. When a situation is heated and someone says “I’M SORRY!!” filled with anger and venom, that can fuel the [...]