Winters are tough for me. I look at the year ahead and know that I’m supposed to be working on fresh new goals. But it’s tough getting motivated. Feeling lethargic, I tend to procrastinate, often feeling negative about myself. Trading old habits for new ones can be daunting. Losing weight, taking a new career step, saying yes to a blind date or simply moving forward on developing new business ideas or opportunities IS a lot of work. No, let me […]
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Sometimes I dread the New Year for this uneasy feeling of making resolutions that may not stick. The problem with the resolutions I used to set for myself is the follow through. Each time I would gain some momentum in my life, my mind would create these negative stories causing me stop following through on trying to lose weight, recharge my career or do something meaningful for my quest to get my book published. My mind held me back and […]
Read moreYes, we should be thankful for a lot of things this Thanksgiving. Parents, spouses, children, friends and loved ones are usually at the top of our list. But this Thanksgiving, perhaps we should be thankful for a few other things in our life that may not be so obvious. Why not be thankful for the simple things? Or even the wrong turns, twists of fate or the challenges we have had in our life? Isn’t every wrong turn an opportunity […]
Read moreThe boss isn’t being fair. Co-workers are being being difficult, putting us in tough situations. It’s hard to focus on the work because of so much drama other people are creating for no good reason. It becomes particularly frustrating because we can’t fight back against toxic co-workers or the boss no matter how unfair it might seem for the fear of being seen as a whiner or a ‘difficult person’. With so much uncertainty and chaos at work these days, […]
Read moreWords can define us. Words make us feel. Words hold us back: “I can’t…” or “Yeah, but…” Words can move us forward: “Why not me?” or “It IS possible…” I used to get up in the morning and read three newspapers on my way to work, until I realized that what I was putting into my mind were seeds of uncertainty that my mind used as fodder to feed an overthinking brain hyped up on coffee. Those words from the […]
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