Women and Ambition: Overcoming Outdated Attitudes
How to Embrace Your Dreams, Go for the Gold, and Ignore the Naysayers Do you have ambition? Drive? A dream … a desire? Something that you want from your personal or professional life, and you’d do anything to achieve it? Now let me ask you this: Are you a woman? If you answered yes to […]
Failure SHOULD Be An Option
Going for What You Want—and Being OK With Not Getting It “Failure is not an option.” We’ve all heard these pressure-filled words before. And I’m here to tell you that when you decide to try something, you should be OK with knowing that you might fail. But you should also know that there will be […]
Finding the Value in YOU
The Riches and Rewards of Loving Yourself In her book, Money, A Love Story, entrepreneur and author Kate Northrup writes, “If you can’t see your value, the world doesn’t give value back.” You see, good things flow to people who value themselves. And you gotta start with the inner stuff before the outside world begins […]
Is The Grass Really Greener?
Yearning for a Different Path While Honoring Your Own Journey I have a friend, Lori, who leads a very different life from mine. I absolutely LOVE my life, my family, my career. But sometimes—just sometimes—I yearn for Lori’s experiences. Lori is a mommy to three young children. She often posts photos on social media that […]
Putting Your Inner Critic On Mute
How a ‘Failure’ Led to a Powerful Revelation We all have an inner critic. You know, the voice that lives inside your head. The one that not only knows your insecurities, but exploits them. The one that gives very little compassion to the living, breathing human it inhabits. I call my critic Ethel. (Yes, I […]
21 Days to a Kinder, Happier You
Why Random Acts of Kindness = A Conscious Choice for Happiness I’ve had kindness on the brain lately. I guess this isn’t surprising. Practicing “random acts of kindness” is one of my 5 happiness habits after all. And let’s be honest, if there’s one thing this world needs more of, it’s kindness! I was on […]
The Magic of Music
How Curating the Perfect Playlist Can Improve Your Life “Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.” —Tom Petty The late, great Tom Petty was definitely […]
Don’t Let Anyone Dim Your Light
How to Let the ‘Haters’ in Your Life Motivate You “Hustle until your haters ask if you’re hiring.” I came across this sentiment recently, and it immediately grabbed my attention. I had a LOT to say about it. But I took a moment to think before posting my thoughts. And now … here’s to keeping […]
The Power of Forgiveness
Letting Go of Our Hurt—Reclaiming Our Joy I often take “walking meditations” through the field near my house. On one of these recent walks, I reflected on a topic that’s so important … one that we all have experience with … one that is often hard to embrace. Forgiveness. Most days feel really good to […]
Take the Chance, Reap the Rewards
Why the Courage to TRY is the First Step to Success In 2010, I was feeling a bit … unsettled. I wasn’t exactly unhappy; I just felt like there had to be more to the way I was living my life. Just some whisperings and rumblings that were beginning to take root in my soul. […]