Fearless (re)Discovery of self requires courage. When I examine stories of great courage I see it’s the initial ACTion that is the source of the courageous act. This is the part that brings tears to the eyes and fills the heart. It is the choice to ACT that fuels courage. Once ACTion commences with courage activated, fear, the all-time troublemaker,Read More
midlife
Go ahead DREAM
Time to dream. Imagine….you had 5 lives. What would you do with them? Before you answer understand that each one will give you the opportunity to follow a different interest, passion, skill or talent. What comes to mind? For me life #1 would be the one I have now, exactly as it is – mom toRead More
Courage to live your life
Bronnie Ware, an Australian palliative care nurse spent several years caring for patients who were in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their epiphanies on a blog called Inspiration and Chai and later in a book called “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying”. She writes about the incredible clarity of visionRead More
Best Beauty Drink
I am a sucker for creams, potions, serums, masks and scrubs that promise to reveal my true youthful self. I’ve now worked my way to the anti-aging and mature skin varieties with promises of cutting edge peptides, retinols, antioxidants, sea algae and who knows what else. I mean it is possible that one of theseRead More
Are you walking your talk?
What did you tell your kids when they were growing up? As parents we all had special messages that were meant to inspire, empower and build our kids into responsible, caring, contributing members of society and pave the way to success. We wanted them to know that the world was their oyster and that theyRead More
extraordinary lessons in everyday life
The red shoes offered me extraordinary lessons from everyday life. I realized to see them I had to be looking. By remaining present, in-the-moment and aware I opened myself to amazing insights. I used to be surprised at unexpected lessons. Now I know they’re always there and it’s my responsibility to spot them. I’m doing a 30 dayRead More
how to create new habits in your life
When was the last time you did something for the first time? The creative right side of the brain likes to play, it loves surprise and anything new. Just like a child it craves constant activity, attention and varied stimulation. This is where switching things up, breaking entrenched routines and seeking new knowledge and experiencesRead More
one easy way to develop creativity
Now we know you don’t have to be an artist, an actor, a singer or a writer to Imaginate and be creative. We all have unlimited creative potential which is handy because once we feel the shift we’ll use it to continue discovering ourselves and launch Part II of our lives. Creativity is like a muscle, the more it’sRead More
harnessing imagination to create dreams
In Steve Chandler’s book, “100 Ways to Motivate Yourself” he writes that many adults use their imaginations for only 2 things – worry and to imagine worst case scenarios. Ugh. Proactively using the imagination would seem advantageous since what we create with it becomes our reality. The imagination fascinates me. As a kid I spent most of my timeRead More
trying on fearlessness
Wouldn’t it be amazing to live life fearlessly? To wake up feeling young and fearless and knowing exactly what you wanted to do with your life? Yes! To live fearlessly we have to tame our fears and continue to sshh the inner critic that reminds us of them. Did you know that outside of rituals andRead More