April brings the hopes of spring . . . . and another Stress Awareness Month. I was all ready to write my annual post about the importance of being aware of our stress levels because awareness provides us the power to make changes. Added to the importance of awareness, I was going to share how […]
Last week we explored the definition of mindfulness. But how does one reach a level of constant mindfulness? The first step is experiencing what I call the “State of Gray.” The State of Gray is simple, and yet can be very difficult. Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now, calls it being in the […]
Many of the people I work with are like me. They are givers. They sacrifice for others. They support others. They give love. They want to make the world better. But in their attempt to give, they forget to give to the most important person – themselves. Over the years, I have worked personally on […]
This year I participated in a gift tree for the children of workers in my area. It was fun to go out and buy for young children and especially to wrap up the gifts. I don’t know why, but there is such joy in wrapping and seeing a wrapped gift. Maybe it is the unnecessary […]
When I speak to friends back in the States, they always have the same response. “You must be loving it there in paradise.” Their words convey a perception that I am spending my days drinking piña coladas on the beach. My friends assume our move to Mexico means a life of luxury, ease and perfection. […]
Recently I ran across a Forbes article about the importance of the true definition of entrepreneur. The author Brett Nelson points to the Dictionary.com definition, “a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk,” as the best definition because it means people who have a primordial urge […]
March 22 was the International Day of Happiness sponsored by a positive psychology author and Project Happiness is a non-profit on a mission throughout the year to help people become happier. But what is happy and why do we need movements to help us be happy? Well, turn on the news. How many people are […]
I write often about stress – deadline stress, secondhand stress, workplace stress, holiday stress, and even why we are stressed. I bring up this topic often not only because of the negative health effects of stress, but because stress keeps us from truly living our lives. How aware are you of the negative effects of […]
Do you feel sweat on your brow, does your heart quicken and your throat contract, does dread and panic spread across your mind and body – when you realize you don’t have your mobile phone? Then you could have Nomophobia. This mental state, which is not recognized in the current DSM-V, was first labeled by […]
Have you ever tried to make something work, but feel blocked and inefficient? Have you ever been frustrated because no matter how hard you try you just don’t get what you want? Has your hard work and sweat equity lacked the payoff you desire? For decades we have bought into the idea of no pain, […]