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In the past ten years, the awareness of Eastern philosophies and ways of healing our minds and bodies has become part of our normal conversation.  What used to be considered “hippie-ish” is now more mainstream.  People are looking for ways to be more “zen” and less...

Shonda Rhimes, the amazing creator of the shows Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal as well as executive producer of How to Get Away With Murder, is a super busy working mom.  She balances her demanding job with being a single mother of 3 young girls but one Thanksgiving,...

In last week’s blog I discussed how to set a goal and provided steps to take along the journey of reaching that goal.  What comes up for many people after setting a goal is the question “But how do I finish what I started?”  If you are anything like me, you dive into...

January is just around the corner and you know what that means – New Year’s resolutions!  A commonly cited statistic is that only 8% of people actually keep their New Year’s resolutions.  Isn’t that amazing!  We typically see the following twelve months of a new year...

In the best-selling book The Gift of Fear, author Gavin de Becker explains how every individual should learn to trust the inherent “gift” of their gut instincts in order to avoid potential trauma and harm.  He explains that women especially tend to deny their gut...

The holiday season is upon us which means the giving and getting of gifts. As children we can’t wait to get that special toy we’ve been waiting all year for.  We feel the thrill of anticipation. We may feel excited, happy and loved believing that getting that desired...

The first time I understood the deeper meaning of the difference between an introvert and an extrovert, I got emotional because I wasn’t aware that there were other people just like me.  I was reading a book on behavior management and thought it would be fun to take a...

It can strike at any time no matter what we do for a living, how many children we have, what their ages are or how much help we have balancing our career with our family. When we are at work, we can feel guilty because we wish we were with our kids.  When we are with...

It’s almost that time of year when families gather for the holidays and work parties require everyone to try to get along.  It’s when we dread having to see that uncle who always finds something to complain about or we try to avoid that coworker who only wants to brag...

You may be familiar with the term “buffering” In the world of computers.  You are probably used to seeing the little swirling circle when you are trying to watch a video. In the dictionary, buffering also means to lessen or moderate the impact of something as in “She...