If someone asked you, "What makes you happy?", how would you answer? Would you list money, material things, people, and activities? Do you think that happiness is illusive and happens to you? Are you one who thinks that the future or the past hold the keys to your happiness? Have you been in the presence of people who frequently appear to be happy and satisfied with their lives? Could happiness be

It's that time of year again when people look to the future and imagine what they hope to achieve that would have their lives be more satisfying and successful. Most will think about making resolutions for the new year with resignation and default to listing the same promises from years past. If we look at the motivation behind past resolutions, we discover the parts of us and our lives that we

Making a list and checking it twice? Make sure that you and your well-being is at the top of the list. Abiding by the many expectations and rituals that surround the holiday activities can drive one to being over-anxious, exhausted, and feeling as though you have not done enough, done it good enough or that you are simply not enough. These tensions lead to over-doing without knowing when to stop,

Holiday activities are the best times for observing children at their best and worst. The child's awe and simple trust in the big man in red or in seeing colorful lights while imagining reindeer pulling a sleigh through the sky is a beautiful thing to experience. Demanding greed, resistance to direction, increase in aggressiveness and overeractive wildness are also themes of children's behavior

In the midst of the holiday activities are visits with family and friends, food feasts, travel, shopping, gifting and fulfilling pictures of historical expectations. Have you ever wondered why you do what you do at the holidays? Why there is a internal pull for you to behave in repetitive ways? Who is it that is in the driver's seat during your holiday journey? Is it the child-you that remembers

Every contract needs special stipulations for withdrawing from your promise to fulfill some action or result within a particular period of time. Some would be appropriate to every contract and some specific to the situation and/or the client/customer. 1. Note every promise you and the client have listed in your contract and identify the breakdowns that could interfere or negate your ability to

1. As the service provider, it is your responsibility to research the normal and usual rates for services that you provide and to include your individual value related to years of experience, educational degrees, certifications, continuing education, and awards. Be sure to include reimbursement fees for the non-face-to-face, “invisible” work that is involved in providing the service and product