One of my new favorite tools came from Mel Robbins, and, as she told the story on a podcast interview, it was actually a lesson from her...

When I was 5, I was finally old enough to understand the true meaning of Christmas: gifts from the Sears Wish Catalog. I was mature...

fon·dle, /ˈfänd(ə)l/ verb: stroke or caress lovingly I'd only heard the word fondle in the context of body parts until my life coach...

We were in the Waffle House Sunday when my teenage son pointed out the song playing. It was Chumbawumba's I get knocked down. The four...

I've been reading a lot of positive psychology books to understand a) how to have more joy in my life b) how much agency we humans...

Why can't I finish writing my book I started 4 years ago? Why won't clients follow their callings, especially when they're miserable in...

Fear gets a lot of press as being the bad guy keeping you stuck in job you hate because you can't take a leap into the unknown. Anxiety,...

I hear from a lot of you who are on the struggle bus. Marriage, kids, job: they all seem to win us a ride on the struggle bus. Very few...

Have you ever found yourself asking, "What is wrong with me?" And then you turn around and blame your work dissatisfaction on external...

I've been binging on podcasts featuring interviews with Kristen Neff, a self-compassion researcher. You may have heard her powerful Ted...

For the last 10 days, someone near and dear to me has been struggling with inner demons. This person thought they wanted a dream. They...

The theme of my life coaching is helping clients get unstuck. Most clients know they feel trapped or stuck, but they don't usually know...

For those women or men out there who have trouble making a decision or knowing which way is the "right" way, this episode is for you. ...

Some days, I don’t feel like doing anything. I'm starting to question why my brain can label this a bad thing. Sometimes we need to...

Mindsets, what are they anyway? As simple as it sounds: your mindset is how your mind is set on something and you probably don’t even...

Have you ever had the thought that this day in history is never happening again? This happened to me while writing today's date in my ...

One word: Mantras. Mantras aren’t part of a particular religion, they’re not Buddhist or Hindu. They cross all religions, even ...

I love this time of year. No broken resolutions yet and my goals are still dangling like ripe fruit in front of me, waiting for me to...

I love reviewing the end of the year and the start of a new one by going over all the things that happened, good and bad, and thinking...

I’m reading a book about walking the Camino, a pilgrimage trail in Spain that takes 35-40 days to walk. The descriptions of ill-fitting...

Here's my story. So, as most of you know, I've been a Physician Assistant for almost 20 years. I first worked in internal medicine and...

We recently returned from a trip to Oregon. We spent 5 nights on a river. We normally car camp maybe once or twice a year, so 5 nights of...

We teach what we need. So I hope you don’t judge me when I tell you I’ve been stuck so many times, it’s become a joke in our family. Now,...

If you’re in survival mode with the stressors of parenting, work, and all the other things in your life, how can you keep your head above...

I was listening to a podcast and heard one of my favorite self-help authors talking about how we tend to look for evidence to support our...

Part of moving forward on your journey will be to identify and clear away the obstacles in your path. Obstacles could be big things like...

I don't hide the fact that I'm addicted to self-improvement podcasts and books. I calculated that over the last 10 years, I've read over...

I posted a quote on my newsletter from a book I'm reading by Martha Beck. The book is called the way of integrity. In this book,...

When I interviewed Suzanne Kingsbury last week, she said she felt like writing was like falling in love with the boy next door. She’d...

Okay, on Saturday, you heard my interview with Talia Sierra and Heidi Brown, aka the Burnout Girls. I think it was Heidi who said you...

Sometimes we need to be open to life to allow it to happen. Happiness is there and accessible if we can stop planning, making lists, and...

When I interviewed Debra Alt last week, she spoke about listening to your intuition. She said we should practice cultivating stillness...

I interviewed Beatriz Buarque last week about resilience and not letting go of her dream of working for Globo TV from the time she was a...

Heather B Johnston talked in our interview last week about how she "chose herself" over and over while recovering from burnout. She knew...

Last week when I interviewed Shannon Ball, she talked about self-doubt. She said she's always had self-doubt. Each step of the way. But...

Children should be seen and not heard was a frequent refrain growing up. I'm sure my mother copied it from her mother, who was born in...

I like to refer to our love languages as our love buckets. I would say "love tanks" but I drive an electric car and my husband rides his...

Part of this journey we're on involves moving past ourselves. We're in our own way. How often do you complain about things or people? ...

Why is it we think we should quit our jobs when we stop feeling excited and energized? Do we get bored once the learning curve flattens...

When I was a PA student, Emory organized clinical rotations for us during our second year. For those of us who'd agreed to go back and...

I went on a yoga retreat a couple of years ago. We had a wonderful guided meditation where the instructor told us to visualize our...

Let's start with a visioning exercise. Imagine one year from now. You're sitting at home and reflecting on the year. You sigh...

We're all happy to say goodbye to 2020 but not everyone is excited about 2021, either. The holiday season is a rough time of year for...

Want to be a different version of you? What's stopping you? There are probably a million and one things stopping you. We're quick to come...

I'm reading Michael Singer's Surrender Experiment. It's written like an autobiography and chronicles his life of surrendering over and...

I wrote previously about "range anxiety" with my Leaf, but today I want to talk about the battery. I have an electric Leaf named Fred...

I dreamt last night about snakes. In my dream, two dark brown snakes had wrapped themselves around my ankles, one on each side. I...

I drive a Leaf. Yep, one of those little electric cars. No, it's not a hybrid. Yes, I have to plug it in at night. Yes, I even drive it...

"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when he and the Skin Horse were lying side by side near the nursery fender?" ... "Real isn't...