In 2003 our family had the privilege of hosting an exchange student from Ukraine. Olha participated in the FLEX (Future Leaders Exchange) Program, which offered competitive scholarships that were [...]
What keeps you from taking better care of yourself? Is it a lack of time, money, motivation? Many of us would answer “yes” to all three, but the fact of the matter is, it’s [...]
Why is gratitude a spiritual discipline? Having a daily discipline of gratitude influences how we spend the resources that have been gifted to us: our time, our energy, our talents, and our [...]
You can’t fool Mother Nature. “She is not a contestant on The Apprentice. She is just chemistry, biology and physics. We’re the contestants on her show. We don’t get to fire her. She gets to fire [...]
How often have you said this about something on your to-do list? “I’ll do it when I get around to it!” Perhaps that time is now! As we enter a continued time of “stay home, stay safe” protocol [...]
During this time of transition for our entire globe, I appreciate the wisdom shared by Ron Pevny, founding director of The Center for Conscious Eldering. His coaching and consulting assists [...]
You may have been thinking about working from home for a while. With the coronavirus outbreak, the option to work from home has become mandatory for many who have jobs that can be done from a [...]
A crisis has a way of simplifying our lives by helping us see what matters most. This is a gift the coronavirus has given us. I had started “clearing the decks” prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, [...]
Did you know that bad experiences affect us much more powerfully than good ones? Science has coined a term for this: negativity bias. The good news is that there are things you can do to [...]
I’m so grateful that I was able to spend the holidays with four generations, including my 98-year-old father-in-law and our daughter, her husband, and their 11-week-old daughter. Being a [...]
