GET YOUR DAZZLE BACK
The other morning the strangest thing happened. Instead of merely fantasizing that I had a full day of absolutely nothing to do, I made it happen. I rescheduled my appointments. Moved assignments into another day. Worked out and showered at my own pace. Then was in the bedroom decompressing by 11 a.m. It was just …
Tantrums aren’t uncommon in kids. They’re not necessarily a red flag indicating something is wrong at a deeper level – unless, of course, that kid is 25 years old. And their tantrums have escalated to throwing beer bottles through the bedroom window. Not OUT the bedroom window, mind you, but THROUGH it, glass and all. …
What to do if you wake up scattered and cranky Relax into your morning. Don’t scramble out of bed and go bounding into your day like a headless chicken. Just don’t. Keep your phone OUT OF SIGHT. Don’t tap into the chaos that awaits on your smartphone the moment you get out of bed. Wait …
A big, happy thank you! goes out to super creative and talented William Duke, who is the host of a radio show called Spiritual Solutions. He graciously invited me to be a guest on the show in December, and we had an enlightening chat indeed. The show airs on alternate Mondays on WIOX Roxbury 91.3 …
We did it. After about 10 years of being together and having to continuously explain what “perpetually engaged” meant, my beau and I finally made it official. Yes, we did the big thing: we got married in our own special way. While we still didn’t go the traditional wedding route, we did one better. We …
If you ever want evidence of angels working in your life, all you need to do is think of all the times you should have been dead. Anyone like myself who drank until their head nearly exploded can usually come up with a handful of should-be-dead times right off the bat. Like the time I: …
Is this something you’ve been wanting to say and do: Hello Baggage, It’s time to start a brand new decade without you. Are you dragging yourself into the next decade saddled with fear, doubt and resentments? Or bounding enthusiastically into your next stage of success? What if you made this YOUR DECADE to start fresh, …
“Bad things always happen to me.” “I was born under a bad sign.” “What’s the point? Nothing gets better anyway.” Yikes! You may know folks that talk like this once in a while (or even all the time). They are definitely no fun to hang around. They’re giant vacuums that suck the life right out …
You know those days. We’ve all had them. Those days that start off bad and just get worse. Perhaps you woke up cranky from lack of sleep. Then spilled your last cup of vanilla caramel coffee all over your morning journal. Then accidentally dropped your toothbrush in the toilet. Whatever the case, you’re ready to …
Do all your years kind of blend together into one big blob? You wonder where the heck the time goes, and when all those goals you set at the beginning of each year might actually come to fruition. The answer, unfortunately, may be never. Because, as they say: If nothing changes, nothing changes. And unless …