I’ve yet to meet anyone who can say that today’s stresses and strains do not a take toll on their feelings, so they don’t feel they need to reboot their self-worth. If they are, they are not living in the moment! In the last few years, increasing pressures of social…

Positive Thinker Sees Glass Half Full When you ignore life’s less unpleasant situations it doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re not a positive thinker. In fact, it does show you are a positive thinker! How so? Well, it means that you approach unpleasantness more positively and productively. …

I Was The Poster Child For Impostor Syndrome How so? I was the receptionist at a local television station, hungry and naive but with a good attitude. Fortuitously, a year later, the nightly news director offered me a job as a writer on the news team. He thought the phone messages I left for him were “always so…

Is There A Link Between Healthy Productivity And Well-being? A few years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Suddenly, my world was catapulted in ALL directions. WHAT(!) how, why — questions tap-danced around my head. I had no idea what side was up or down! At work, I performed like a new hire — not knowing what to…

Is There A Link Between Healthy Productivity And Well-being? A few years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Suddenly, my world was catapulted in ALL directions. WHAT(!) how, why — questions tap-danced around my head. I had no idea what side was up or down! At work, I performed like a new hire — not knowing what to…

Being Persistent Will Pay Off I can’t count on my fingers and toes how many times I’ve started to do something, run into a challenge, but kept doggedly going regardless of the difficulties or opposition. I’m sure that’s happened to you, too! And, for the most part, we’re the better because of it. The power…

Small Things Can Be Very Upsetting Growing up in the tropics, I remember playing with my school friends without a care in the world. We would play with the tadpoles in the trenches under our driveway. When we saw tiny snails on the sides of the trenches we’d all jump into the muddy water, lean in…

The Many Types of Stress In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, nearly 8 in 10 American adults (78%) in the say said the coronavirus pandemic is a significant source of stress in their life. …

Discover Your Purpose “If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life,” how many times have you heard or been told that phrase? If you’re like me it’s more times than I care to remember! But while doing what you love sounds wonderful and romantic, getting there can…