Creative Success Depends on Long View
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In this podcast, we feature author Taylor Marsh, who [read more]
There Is More Than Enough
I have a confession to make. I have been pulled into the diabolical mindset of “there’s not enough” in my life.
If you watched my daily activities when I was in my twenties and early thirties, you would see, “there’s not enough time,” [...]
Why Not Put Yourself FIRST In Your Life?
Everyday put yourself at the top of your list.
Tune into your heart and really listen to what it is telling you on a regular basis.
Care for your physical and spiritual health, slowing down enough to allow yourself to simply receive and enjoy [...]
Life Is Full Of Bumps In The Road
In the face of adversity and uncertainty, it is so important to remain “mindful” of how much control you have over your life.
It’s all about perception. What you perceive to be bad, may not be as bad as you think.
One of my [...]
Three Profound Secrets To A Happy Life
Thomas Jefferson said,
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Through [...]
A Wiser Place To Be
Stress fighter tip: It’s all in our attitude and focus.
It’s amazing just how much our attitude affects all we do. Especially when it comes to handling stress in our lives. The chose we make can either make or break us in the situations [...]
Oracle Of The Soul: Discovering Gems Of Understanding
As you grew up, you experienced different lessons along your life-path.
You discovered a hot stove hurt when you touched it. A candle flame caused pain when you passed your finger over it. A rosebush thorn made your finger bleed. A bee sting [...]
Censorship: Never Worked, Never Will
A recent study by Pew’s Global Attitudes Project confirms what we might have surmised even without a survey – that emerging and developing nations want freedom on the Internet, and that young folks are especially opposed to censorship.
Pew [...]
Podcast: Keep Going: From Grief to Growth
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Aimee DuFresne is the author of the award-winning book, Keep Going: From Grief to Growth who shares her journey of love, loss, living in the moment and the power of perseverance. It’s a wake up to joy and will help you fall back [...]
Podcast: You’re Divorced NOT DEAD!
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Delaine Moore felt the fear that comes with dating after divorce, but put herself back on the market anyway – and at the end of her first year of dating, wrote the memoir, The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom. Not only has it [...]
Against All Odds
My father had just been operated on to remove a cancerous tumor in his hip so he was still in the hospital recovering.
He knew he had to gain weight to stay strong. When I was visiting him one of many days there, I accompanied him as he made [...]
The Race of Life: The Happiness Factor
Bhutan in Asia sets the benchmark for living a “happy” life. Its culture mandates that “happiness” holds the highest distinction in the realm of daily living.
Those citizens living in that country enjoy a much slower and quieter living [...]
Trying Too Hard to Be Healed
As the evening came so did a phone call from our daughter regarding her grandpa who was having chest pains she was concerned about.
Fresh out of pacemaker surgery it was alarming to think he might be having further heart problems that needed [...]
Why George Clooney Should Date Me
George Clooney has a lot of things going for him.
He is a successful actor, a handsome man, and a charismatic philanthropist. What he doesn’t have going for him is his choice of suitable girlfriends. For someone who claims to not want marriage [...]
Sports: We Can Learn As Much About What NOT To Do As What To Do
Sports “guys” have written about the lessons sports can teach business and the world.
They have written books, become well paid speakers, and evolved into respected talking heads experts like Stephen A. Smith. John Wooden wrote Pyramid of [...]
Shirley Temple Black: An Only/ Three Double Birth Order
Shirley Temple pasted away February 12, 2014.
From child actress to US Diplomat, was this a life of contrasts or could we predict it by looking at her birth order?
Conception and Birth
Her mother Gertrude wanted a girl and was told by a fortune [...]
Have Problems Turned Into Blessings For You?
Ever had your day start off pretty good and then something happens that turns your world upside down?
. . . Like delays, missed opportunities and major nuisances that can suddenly make your blood boil way past simmer? Some of these problems [...]
Ways To Help Others Banish The Holiday Blues
It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has passed and hopefully we all survived.
Carols don the airwaves. Tree lots miraculous sprouted, and even if you live in a sunny California, as I do, you get frosted trees—bringing at least the [...]
To Catch A Scammer
Okay people it’s the holidays again, and this is the time where the scammers are really getting busy trying to get into your pocket.
There are plenty of scams to be aware of and it’s not just around the holidays either. The scams could come [...]
Madness Uprooted
It has been a minute since I have written.
Things these days don’t have to be about me but, preferably time with members of my family.
The movie “The Butler” is a must see movie. What I can tell you is that it is a history lesson for everyone [...]
Family Circle: Accident Or Design?
Michael John Bellomo was the oldest son in a family of eight.
A Brooklyn boy who was six when the Great Depression struck, he would leave high school after 11th grade and become a decorated soldier, printer, husband, and father of seven.
Mike’s [...]
Post and Beware – Electronic Discovery
I am handling a car accident case caused by a drunk driver in her twenties.
She was careless and ran a red light going so fast that she actually caused the SUV that my clients were driving to flip over. She had been to a bar, had too much [...]
6 Easy Ways To Keep Fit On A Daily Basis
Everywhere you look these days, people are talking about fitness, healthy eating, and staying in shape.
We’re bombarded with information and news about food quality, GMOs, the war on obesity, and Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Program geared [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Water the Artificial Flowers
This week I visited Mom at her care facility, and we enjoyed a bland, soft-food lunch in the pleasant dining room.
During the meal she dumped her water glass into the vase of plastic flowers on the table, explaining that the blossoms lasted [...]
Live Life To The Fullest
Reports say that gas prices have dropped .10 to .14 in some places.
For starters, I am going to take it there: To those who believe, the Bible says that we should take no thought in saying, what shall we eat?
Or what shall we drink? Or, where-withal [...]
Money That Kills
Credit card companies will go from trying to work with you, to threats asking “Do you want to go to jail?”
These are what you would call scare tactics. This reminds me of the movie “Fight Club” starring Brad Pitt who was the alter ego [...]
How To Keep Your Child From Being A Victim Of Gun Violence
We don’t like to think about someone we love being a victim of violence, but is much more common than you may realize.
While you can’t keep your family totally safe, here are safety steps you can take to protect your child from what, unfortunately, [...]
Letting Go Of Good To Receive Better
It seems as though the months are moving fast.
Or is it just me sitting here not doing anything while everyone and everything else in this world is continuing to move? Look at it this way: Have you still not gotten what you want or where you [...]
Fatalities At West Fertilizer Company: Was The Enemy Of Safety Responsible?
Thirty years in the safety profession, countless hours of incident investigations, hundreds of reports later detailing how and why bad things happen to good people, and yet I find the end result is seemingly the same.
A safety process was not [...]
What Does Healthy Look Like?
The doctor says, “According to my chart, you should be weighing in at 150.”
Then you ask. . .”But why?” The doctor hesitates and then calmly tells you the risks of not losing weight. You are still puzzled by this fact and so you [...]
Uninsured Motorists
A tragic situation.
Two weeks before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, I received a call from a woman, let’s call her Mary Brown, saying that her husband, Bobby, a hurricane hunter in the United States Air Force, had been involved [...]
Money That Kills
Gambling (The devil’s chip playground).
Let us say that you have a decent job, a family, a beautiful home, a nice car and good children. Even if you don’t have all these things, say you had money and there was this habit that you became [...]
The Year Of Silence
When I awake.
I woke up this morning, took a deep breath, closed my eyes, said a little prayer before I rose up to do my normal routine. When I awake, I lay in the bed and go through what needs to be done for the day in my mind. It’s so [...]
Becoming An Alpha Female
I am great… I am wonderful… I am rich…
When will the thought of the “I am’s” disappear? They won’t! You desire to be better than the next person, correct? Uh-huh. Now that we are off into the year, what [...]
Honesty Outweighs Perfection
Now that the holiday season is over and we have entered into a New Year, did you make a resolution?
Sure you did. Let us all be honest. We say what we are going to do, write them down, stick them somewhere we will see them each day. Then [...]
Twenty-Five Hours In A Day
My son and I were joking about a calendar he told me about.
He said on the outside it looked like a normal 2013 calendar but on the inside when you flipped to January it was blank. Every month was blank. In case you forgot according to the [...]
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