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10 Tips Plus Bonus Tip To Keep Your New Year’s Resolution
It’s January.
That time in the New Year where we feel the itch to renew and change – for the better. And bless us human beings, we wouldn’t be human if we didn’t find changing hard to do. Here’s 10 plus tips to making and keeping [...]
Is He Worth Taking Yourself Off The Market?
I am often asked, “When is the right time to stop dating around and focus on one man?”
Usually, this question is being asked by a woman who wants to do this but is unsure of the man’s intentions or the full extent of her feelings [...]
New Year’s Inspiration For Aspiring Writers
As I read a lot of quick-fix New Year’s Resolution articles, I’m struck by how generic and often glib they seem.
As a writer, I try to re-energize and refocus on goals just like anyone else, but instead of resolving to chase the [...]
New Year’s Resolutions Got You Down?
They seemed like a good idea on January 1st.
Around January 7 – not so much. Somehow you thought your life would be different come the first of the year, but you still don’t have time to exercise, you still aren’t preparing healthy meals, [...]
The Magic Crayon
It was five years ago.
My husband Dean gave me a birthday present to see the profoundly conscious singing sensation Lisa Gerrard at the Humphreys Hotel in San Diego, California. It’s a beautiful hotel, with an outdoor concert shell right [...]
It’s Passion That Blurs The Lines Separating Work And Play
According to Forbes, in 2012 only 50% of adults reported being satisfied with their jobs.
Job dissatisfaction can greatly increase levels of anxiety, depression and stress. If this speaks to you, there are a variety of reasons why you may be [...]
2013 Success Rule #1: Get Clear
I am a big believer in the power of clarity.
I always tell my coaching clients that they need to clarify the purpose and direction for their lives and careers. Tweet 1 in my career advice book Success Tweets: 140 Bits of Common Sense Career [...]
We Don’t Need New Year’s Eve To Tell Us What To Do
Whew, the Holidays are over!
The hype, hoot and hollar can now be put away in the attic along with all of the decorations and unwanted gifts we received. Perhaps you got the perfect tie, or the book you’ve been dying to read. Maybe [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: How to Raise Amazing Children
My son works in law enforcement.
His job often requires him to enter homes where good parenting skills aren’t a priority. It’s difficult to prepare a nutritious family meal when the kitchen has been converted into a meth lab and the toddler [...]
Newly Dating? Trust What He Is Telling You!
If you listen to a man, really listen to his actual words.
He will reveal to you what he thinks, feels, and believes along with his intentions toward you. “Well, that is just common sense Bree!” you may be saying, “Of course [...]
Treasure Mapping For 2013
Oprah Winfrey popularized the concept of a “Treasure Map”.
She devoted an entire hour of The Oprah Winfrey Show to the topic several years ago. Although treasure mapping was not a new concept at the time, the practice exploded. Hoards [...]
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 [...]
SAFETY: Keeping Kids Safe In An Unsafe World
Police tell us that public safety is their top priority.
However, many police departments are cutting back due to budget cuts. This is a wake up call that we all need to be better informed on how to keep our families safe.
Most Americans have [...]
10 Parenting Resolutions For The New Year
The more miles I have logged in working with children and their parents the less definitive I find myself.
There are few absolutes when dealing with kids and the complexity of variables that are affecting them. Variables such as the child’s [...]
Choose Now!
I was recently a guest on a radio show and the discussion of choice came up.
Maybe it seems too obvious or overplayed to talk about the power that choice wields in our lives, however so many of us don’t recognize how much our choices can change [...]
Book Review: The Time Keeper By Mitch Albom
The Time Keeper By Mitch Albom
If you live by your to-do list, it might be a good idea to put Mitch Albom’s The Time Keeper on that list. It’s a fast, soul-encompassing read.
Time is in charge, isn’t it! And, we never have enough [...]
Your January 2013 Vibration Is A New Sensation
What’s the new year all about?
2013 is the Chinese Year of the Water Snake, a Numerological ‘6’ Vibration, and the year to see the ‘Sign post up ahead’…the Twilight Zone? Nah, your 2013 Numerological Forecast.
First [...]
New Year, New You, New Life And A New Way To Figure Out How To Get It
Hello all! Well since the world did not end, looks like we are moving on into the New Year!
I don’t know about you but I feel deep down that this is going to be an incredible and life changing year. Not just for me but for you too. So [...]
Breakfast Of Champions In The Classroom
As a principal of a small New York City Public High School, my goal is to ensure that effective teaching and learning occurs within a safe school environment.
In addition to effective teaching and learning, I want to equip my students with the [...]
Shift Into Your New Storyline
The single most powerful change you can make in the New Year is to learn how to shift your emotions instantaneously.
This is what has been labeled as part of The Shift, and can even be considered a bit of a trick, or technique to change your [...]
New Year, New Career!
3 simple tips to help you make a faster and easier career change
As a leading Career Coach, I’m seeing that many professionals make the mistake of posting their resume on a job board, or handing their resume to a recruiter, and then just sitting [...]
5 Relationship Secrets I Wish I Knew 10 Years Ago
Here are 5 Relationship Secrets I wish I knew 10 Years Ago
1. Don’t change your hair color. Yeah growing up near Hollywood I thought it was cool to be punk rock and have been blue haired to every color of the rainbow, until I learned that [...]
December 2012 – The End Of The World Or A Time For Spiritual Rebirth?
Recently, there’s been much hype about the date December 21, 2012.
On one end of the spectrum, some people believed it would be the end of the world and others thought it would be just another uneventful Friday. Still, many believe 12/21/12 [...]
Start Your New Year With a Day of Being
What is your New Year’s day tradition?
Do you sleep half of it away? Clean the house? Watch football? How about shaking things up? Start a new tradition with a day of being.
What is a day of being? It’s a day to feel your feelings, [...]
Your 2013 Resolution Revolution
What does 2013 mean to you?
For many it means the opportunity to start over–to lose weight, make more money, to spend more time with family, or to finally clean out the garage before the producers of ‘Hoarders’ come a’calling. [...]
Why You Shouldn’t Make Resolutions For The New Year
It’s almost January 31st.
New Year’s Eve and the time when many of us choose to make resolutions about how we want to change or improve in the New Year. The problem with resolutions lies in the word itself: resolve. It possesses a negative [...]
Is It The End Of The World To Return To Work?
The holidays are a notorious time to let your hair down, enjoy some egg nog and engage in secret Santa activities with the staff.
When the tinsel is taken down, and the lights dimmed after the holiday, do you feel it is the end of the world [...]
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 [...]
Clearing Out The Old & Ringing In The New!
As we are closing out of 2012 and entering into 2013 we are each faced with a choice!
We can either hold onto things that are not working or open up to new ways of thinking and behaving in our lives; especially in our relationships, career, [...]
5 Ways To Put Your Best YOU Forward!
Putting your best self forward
Christmas is right around the corner and I know how hectic the holiday’s can be with buying presents, family coming in and everyday life! This time can be even MORE stressful if you don’t have a job [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Make Your Own Music In 2013
The songs of the holidays.
I grew up listening to The Captain and Tennille singing about “Muskrat Love” and The Carpenters warbling “Sing of good things, not bad. Sing of happy, not sad.”
I believe those two songs were solely responsible [...]
The End Is The Beginning!
The End is Really the Beginning
Just when the caterpillar thinks it is the end of the world, the butterfly knows it is the beginning.
This time of year is normally a time of long darkness and brief light, endings and beginnings, letting go and [...]
Book Review: Snowmen At Work By Carolyn Buehner, Illustrated By Mark Buehner
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
Snowmen At Work is the latest in the “snowmen” series by husband and wife team Carolyn and Mark Buehner. In this installment, a boy builds a snowman, then goes inside for the night.
When he awakes he [...]
New Year’s Revelations
I crossed the threshold from childhood to adulthood when I was 15.
That was the year I discovered New Year’s Resolutions. A new year, a fresh start, a healthy dose of optimism and a fiery determination to rid yourself of anything that interferes [...]
Blessings From Bad Circumstances
Staying positive.
Many of my clients and some of my acquaintances find it hard to stay positive in these recent months after the Sandy Hook shootings and the Mall Massacre and economic hard times. In her lyrics, Laura Story asks, “What [...]
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