A Desire for Certainty These last few months, my life has been in a holding pattern. The veterinarian told me my sweet doggy, Güera, only had a few weeks to live. Being a caring, maybe over-devoted dog mom, I have done everything I can to provide her favorite foods and experiences “for the last time.” […]
I thought controlling the uncontrollable was a trait of those with a Type A personality. It is much more common, but thankfully the same tools can help no matter who you are.
Over a decade ago with the desire to reconnect with friends from high school and college, I joined Facebook. Since then, I have used Facebook to create my community of friends and family living around the world which was amazing. Until it wasn’t. The Facebook platform has changed over time. Instead of seeing posts about […]
Writing my book, From Type A to Type Me: How to Stop ‘Doing’ Life and Start Living It, did not come easy. First, I had to live it. I had to hit lows, and lower lows. I had to stumble through challenges so I could learn lessons. I had to uncover the gifts that changed […]
While in high school during the late 1980’s, I worked at Montgomery Ward selling curtains. One day a woman who was probably in her 50’s, as I am now, brought in her elderly mother. The woman wanted to buy curtains for her mother. Immediately it was very clear that the daughter was frustrated and very […]
If you have been reading my posts for any amount of time, you know I focus on individual growth. This post is no different. Although I will touch on some politics, the goal is really to be focused on our individual choices and truth. It is time to look at yourself. Do you have the […]
Turn on the news or scroll through social media and it doesn’t take long to find something that makes us angry and scared. It seems every time there is a new or revisited issue both sides hit the drawing board to create inflammatory memes. I even thought about a good meme in response to a […]
It has been a tough week (month, years) in the United States for many. A lot of anger, rage, sadness, and fear is coming to the surface. As humans our first reaction is normally to lash out when we are in pain. We want to find out who to blame. We want to attack who […]
Recently, I explored the relationship insights I found through a talk called Why you will marry the wrong person. The talk brought up two other concepts, seemingly distant from romantic relationships, but very top of mind for me right now – rage and addiction. Rage Have you seen people losing their shit lately? Have you […]
I try to stay away from sensationalized headlines, but recently I clicked on a talk called “Why you will marry the wrong person.” Thankfully the talk turned out to be more substance that I expected. It was in fact a very poignant look at relationships. Feelings By chance, a recent Netflix binge was a show […]