happiness

Having a Bad Day? Shift Your Energy

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Let’s face it, we all have days where things don’t go the way we’d like. Appliances break, technology glitches, inconveniences pop up, people get upset with us, or circumstances beyond our control throw the wrench in our best laid plans. Perhaps one or more of these things have put you in a bad mood. [...]

Is Work/Life Balance Eluding You?

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Ever struggle with that elusive balance thing? Wonder how to get the whole work and life thing into sync and balance it all? Well if you’re striving, striving, striving, and feeling nothing but stress and defeat at not having achieved this feat, I have a secret for you.
If you’re finding balance elusive, try [...]

Bask in the Joys Around You

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Last weekend was a burst of summer like weather in PA. That brought all the birds out in full force to our feeders and birdbath. At one point there was a line for the birdbath. I am not kidding you. Birds were lined up on the fence watching and waiting as another bird bathed [...]

Learning to Value Feelings and Your Heart

Monday, January 19th, 2009

A while ago I wrote about the profoundly inspiring story of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor and her speech at the Ted conference entitled “My Stroke of Insight”.  While I have watched and listened to many interviews on Oprah and elsewhere it wasn’t until a few weeks ago that I actually got to sit down and [...]

A Little Validation and a Smile

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

How often do you acknowledge yourself for the great and unique person you are?  Do you take the time to savor your successes or are you always onto the next thing?  Are you letting baggage from your past drag you down in the present?
These are all powerful questions worth considering.  One of my favorite ongoing [...]