What a difference one letter makes! Rather than focusing on one day a year for giving thanks – which often gets blended with football and naps — I like to think of ThanksLIVING as an endless season. Unlike other traditions, the season of ThanksLIVING has no...
This is my 10th Mother’s Day without my mother. And my husband’s eighth without his. It’s always a time of reflection. Sometimes it seems longer, and sometimes it doesn’t seem that long. For many of you, this may be your first, and those “firsts” are tough — whether...
“If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re too small,” says Sir Richard Branson. You may be thinking about a career change. Or whether to stay in a relationship or not. And then there are the smaller, yet emotionally draining, things – whether to speak up about...
It sounds so simple. Just say what’s on your mind. Then why is it so hard? It may well depend on how you’re “wired” – and whether you’re a bulldozer or a sugarcoater. Some of you are very quick to speak – bulldozing your way through conversations. Others hold way...
Let’s face it. When you set out to make a change in your life, I’ll bet you aim for a higher success rate than ten percent. That’s the thing, though. Lots of times we set ourselves up for failure by trying to make wholesale changes. “If you’re always striving,...
