If your partner is always right, you must always be wrong, right? It doesn't have to be this way...

Do you obsess about money, love, climate change, aging? You can stop bad habits like these yourself, learn how.

We think of doctors first and foremost as healers, which means understanding and empathizing with their patients. What if they don't?

Can you speak-up guilt-free, without fear of hurting others or creating conflict? I take a ‘risk’ to express what matters, because I MATTER!

Periods of not-doing, or doing with no particular goal... IT’S NOT SELFISH. It’s maintenance.

a personal story about why putting yourself first benefits everyone

Learn new ways to let go of habits like anger, doubt worry... that hold you back.

Life doesn't always work out the way we want or expect. How we respond is our choice.

Ever notice how your body feels when you’re upset with someone? When I’m in conflict with someone close, my body feels drained, my mind distracted, I don’t e...

Have you ever had to deal with a control freak? They need to be right all the time. That means you can’t be—right? I had a cousin whose husband told her what...

Most Friday evenings while preparing for supper Stephen pours our wine and we reflect on our long busy week. I always ask him about his Friday mindfulness gr...

This last weekend I visited my neurologist for the first time in seven years. He’s a nice guy—gentle, top in his field—but I stopped seeing him because he ha...

Almost every evening Stephen prepares dinner for us. Almost every evening I feel guilty because of it. He hates that I feel this way. He pours me a glass of w...

I love the idea of having a blog. I get to share stories that make you smile and I can offer new perspectives that makes you pause and reflect. Very cool! Bu...

I was feeling terrific after a great meeting with a client. Time for a break on the deck to clear my head and enjoy the beautiful weather. As I approached th...

You must think there's something good about procrastination, otherwise you'd just get on with the deed—right? It's all about short-term gain. But while you d...

I like to be informed on local and world news, there's so much going on. I feel like it's my responsibility to know what's happening. I’ve always felt this w...

I was in a business meeting a couple weeks ago when out of the blue came a beautiful soothing chime. I thought it might be a cell phone ringer. It wasn’t, it...

I eat 9 cups of vegetables every single day. No more sugar, gluten, grain and dairy either. It all started July 14 2014, the day I began to take my life back...

Everyone thought I was crazy when I suggested we get my 84 year old mother a guinea pig. It took a lot of thought until I was sure that it would be low main...