Spring has officially sprung, but we’re definitely getting mixed messages from mother Nature, here in the Northwest. Last week, we had some fierce winds and rain, temps that dropped and even a bit of hail and snow! Didn’t look very spring like to me. But then, as I changed my focus, I saw the daffodils blooming their bright yellow faces at me, the tips of green starting to unfurl on the trees, and even some early blooming rhodies are showing their pretty colors around the various neighborhoods. I’m reminded that Spring really is…
What do a boss who’s always yelling at you, your mate’s over-spending habits, a cluttered house or office, tight shoulders and a ho-hum (or bad) relationship have in common? They’re all tolerations, those little or big things we put up with-often without realizing it-that sap our energy and drain our life force. Every time we tolerate something, we deplete the energy we could be using to make desired changes or to simply experience joy in our life. It’s like living with a low-grade fever or pain that somehow dulls our experience and…
Small signs of spring are beginning to show here in the Northwest. WooHoo! The days are getting longer, the shoots of the crocuses and daffodils are pushing their way up out of the ground, and the huge wall of white heather in my back yard is starting to slowly bloom into its magnificence. I’m loving it! The energy of the coming of spring feels light and inviting! Speaking of light and inviting, I want to share with you a project I just completed. My administration office had gotten very very cluttered. …
Happy Valentine’s Day! I wish for you a day filled with love generated from within. As you feel the love within you, others naturally “get” it, too! Show your appreciation and love of yourself by taking good care of you today with this simple exercise. Take a moment to stop and smell the “virtual” roses by taking some good deep breaths. Focus your attention on your heart. Placing your hand or hands on your heart…continue to breathe slowly and easily. Release and relax with each breath…and think of love. Feel love come in with each…
Complete 2012-Create & Design 2013 Process This is a modified version of a process I’ve been doing for several years now. It has made a huge difference in how I “do” my life and my business! If you want to feel complete with the previous year without hanging on to stressful thoughts of what didn’t get done and you want to have new and inspired energy for the new year, do this process. When you take the time to do this, you are putting yourself at the helm of your life. You are taking…
As the author of more than 30 books, including the bestselling series Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff, Dr. Richard Carlson helped millions of people create lives of greater peace, connection and caring by focusing on the more important things in life. The last chapter of one of his books is titled “Live This Day As If It Might Be Your Last. It Might Be!” Ironically and sadly, Carlson died unexpectedly at age 45 on a plane flight to New York. How better to drive home his point? We really don’t know how long…