At the beginning of this summer I set an intention: to have every day feel like a vacation day. To my great delight, this summer has been full of wonderful adventures. I’ve been to beautiful gardens, toured other cities and … Read more
This past Friday I had the honor of being interviewed by Lucky Balaraman, creator of www.calmandcool.com. Here’s the link: Find Happiness Interview Lucky and I met through Twitter, an online social networking, instant messaging service that allows users to stay … Read more
Have you ever noticed that when you walk into a room you can sense the energy; you can tell if the room’s occupants have been fighting, even though everything is now seemingly peaceful? Similarly, you can sense peacefulness in a … Read more
Last Friday morning, a shocking message from my sister, Lydia, appeared in my email box. The subject: Mom’s in hospital again. My heart began pounding as I sat down to read the message. “Mom has been admitted to the hospital … Read more
Very early this morning Max, that “the sky is falling/disaster is imminent” voice in my head, almost had me by the throat before I came to my senses. I awoke with a start and realized that I had slept in … Read more
photo credit: topher76 When I was taking my coach training from CTI we learned some cool ways to deal with the crazy voices in our heads that sabotage our efforts to be who we really are and get what we … Read more
This article appeared originally in Blissings Ezine in February 2006. As I stood in the shower this morning, mulling over all the tasks on my to-do list, a thought occurred that shocked and delighted me, “Joy first. Then anything else … Read more
Sometimes that negative voice in my head can be a tyrant, spewing out one discouraging thought after another. Today I discovered an affirmation in Alan Cohen’s book “A Deep Breath of Life” that could stop that tyrant dead in its … Read more