We are all so damn busy. How many times have you been walking through town and seen someone you haven’t seen in a while and the exchange goes something like… “How are you?” “Busy, Busy…” “How are you?” No real conversation. No real connection. And the day moves on, one...
Don’t Should All Over Your Holidays!
Ironically, as I sit down to write this Natalie Merchant’s Kind and Generous is playing in the background and her refrain ” I want to thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you…” is playing over-and-over again. This of course is the spirit of the holidays....
Conjoined Twins No More
Wendy and I have been conjoined twins for four years now. What ???? That’s right. Thanks to the magic of Photoshop, in almost every promotional picture we’ve put out in the world we’ve been digitally conjoined to (kind of) appear like a picture was taken of the two of us...
Dump the Guilt
PRIORITIZING YOUR HAPPINESS AND WELLBEING IS NOT SELFISH. In fact, it’s one of the biggest gifts you can give to those you love.
Is Uncertainty Getting You Down?
Uncertainty tends to have its way with us in midlife. And it’s really uncomfortable. Humans like certainty. We want to know. We want to plan. We want to control. In fact most of us would rather be certain about something – anything really – even if we don’t like what...
Stuck in your head?
Even the most ambitious person can find themselves saying “I wish I could just get out of my head!” It’s easy to kid yourself that you’re making progress because you’ve been exerting tons of energy figuring out your next step. But when you’re stuck in your head you are NOT...
Listen Up
Did you know that the #1 predictor of your happiness and wellbeing is the quality of your relationships? We need to belong. We want to be understood. And we need to know that we matter. So, if you want to have loving, beautiful relationships you really do need to listen....
The Happy Key
How many times have you thought that happiness is sitting right on the other side of… …landing the dream job? …finding romance? …losing weight? …or making more money? In truth, things are the other way around. Events and circumstances, it turns out, do not deliver happiness. Research has shown that...
Analysis Paralysis – Are you stuck in your head?
GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND INTO ACTION! Even the most ambitious person can find themselves saying “I wish I could just get out of my head!” It’s easy to kid yourself that you’re making progress because you’ve been exerting tons of energy figuring out your next step. But when...
Analysis Paralysis – Are you stuck in your head?
GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND INTO ACTION! Even the most ambitious person can find themselves saying “I wish I could just get out of my head!” It’s easy to kid yourself that you’re making progress because you’ve been exerting tons of energy figuring out your next step. But when...