Ditch the Holiday Hustle

With the hustle and bustle that surround us this time of year, it can feel exhausting to try to cut through the noise and find a moment of calm for ourselves. I love this post by Lysianne Unruh that asks 5 simple questions meant to help you focus on what matters most during the holidays. […]

Creating Your Sanctuary

My first thought when approached with the subject of Creating Your Sanctuary was “easy peasy, I’m a designer at McCready Interiors, I do that for clients and customers every day”. I ask many questions to find what they want their environment to reflect, then select styles and fabrics or leathers that will be successful in […]

I am enough

I, too, yearn to live a wholehearted life, and according to Brené  Brown, that means engaging our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage and compassion and connection to wake up and think, no matter what gets done and how much of it is left undone, I AM ENOUGH. The achiever […]

Journey to a new perspective: living your best life

The Mind Body Align topic for the month is Starting Over, Beginning Anew. The topic isn’t about wiping the slate of your life clean but allowing you to discover your life from a new perspective. What would you see if you could remove from your awareness the habits, beliefs and unrequited dreams that keep you […]

Embracing the new you

  2018 is going to be an AMAZING YEAR! “8” is the number of new beginnings and there’s no better time to envision a fresh start than at the start of a new year. You might say that New Year’s Day represents a big Monday on steroids. Everyone knows that Monday is “the” day for […]

Life Balance – stay in tune to achieve your potential

Balance – One Version: “A state in which two opposing forces or factors are of equal strength or importance so that they effectively cancel each other out and stability is maintained to form a harmonious and well-proportioned whole.” —Microsoft College Encarta Dictionary So what does leading a balanced life truly mean? Can it be defined? […]

Finding purpose and meaning in life

When I was asked to write this blog about innovation, ever-the entrepreneur and rule breaker, I asked if I could actually write about purpose and meaning? Lucky for me, the answer was yes. As chance would have it, while studying for my certification in Applied Positive Psychology in the last few months, I learned that […]

Eliminate Tolerations: increase your positive energy

Tolerations are things we put up with.  We tolerate other people, situations, environments, bad habits, our health, restrictions, indulgence, stress, the list goes on and on.  These things drag you down and clutter your mind.  They take up energy and devour your personal bandwidth.  Tolerations suck! Labeling something as a “toleration” helps us identify it, and separate […]

Feeling unappreciated? Gratitude is the solution

Overworked and underpaid?  Doing more than your fair share at home?  No one values your contribution?  Wish someone simply appreciated you?   If you are feeling unappreciated, you aren’t alone. If you want to get unstuck I have an unconventional and counter-intuitive cure for what ails you; focus on someone else. It sounds crazy, in […]