It's that time of year- Preschoolers, High Schoolers, and College Students graduating! Moving on to the next phase in there life. It's been fun writing out graduation cards and appreciating the message for what it means to me, my clients and my hope to all of you....

X or Y ? why not both or perhaps neither? It’s very easy to fall into the happiness trap of false choices/truths –of thinking you can either do X or Y, and that’s the choice you have to make. False choices are tempting for a couple of reasons. First, instead of facing...

Thought for the Day: “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson I don’t know a woman alive who is completely happy with her body. No woman I’ve met has ever said, “I eat healthy, I...

Ok- so everybody will probably agree that it's much easier to gain weight than lose it. It doesn't take any real effort to gain weight it just kind of shows up. But you're acutely aware of the effort it takes to drop weight. And this heightened awareness of the effort...

In the spirit of de-cluttering - Look at your home. Is it a place where you really want to live? Is it comfortable and joyous, or is it cramped and messy. If you don't feel good about it you are never going to enjoy it. Your home is a reflection of you. What state is...

In the spirit of April I thought I would inspire some “spring cleaning”. Have you heard of the “broken windows theory”? This theory of policing holds that when a community tolerates minor examples of disorder and petty crime, such as broken windows, graffiti, or...

Do you find the 5th bite just as good as the first? Last week I asked a new client whether she thought she was an “abstainer” or a “moderator.” In a nutshell, when facing a temptation, abstainers do better if they abstain altogether, while moderators do better if they...

Are you kidding me? Tired, stressed and weight gain… what gives? It must be the season of metabolic and hormonal disruptance! I have heard from so many of my clients that they have gained weight—maybe just a couple but some 5 - 10 or more pounds in the last month....

What is the most important work you will ever do in this lifetime? Some say it’s your profession that allows you to earn money to live your life. Some say it’s parenting- raising your children – teaching them to be better spouses, humans -at least better than we were....

Challenge #5 Gratitude Practice “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit” Aristotle Chances are you’ve come across quotes like the one from Aristotle up above. They make us evaluate our present habits in a split second, and think...

Challenge #4 Defining your Priorities (Financial Priorities) Defining Your Financial Priorities According to the online dictionary Merriam-Webster.com, the word finance means “the money or other liquid resources of an individual.” With this in mind, you can see why...

Challenge #4 Defining your Priorities (Occupational Priorities) Defining Your Occupational Priorities According to the online dictionary Merriam-Webster.com, the word occupation means “the principal business of one’s life.” Your occupational priorities may encompass a...