Who can resist the joys of an Easter (or Passover) meal? For those adhering to the strictness of Lent, it’s the feast to celebrate the culmination of the season. It’s also the first opportunity for many families, scattered hither and thither to gather together since Christmas . It’s a gathering sharing not only food, but [...]
When You’re Feeling Burned Out: Play
adore my clients from the depths of my toes to the top of my head. My time with them feels like play. I’ve always been a writer at heart, and my time spent putting my thoughts to paper fills me with joy. I love my every day life. Truly. Head-over-heels in love with my ordinary [...]
Make Peace Not War
The Best Valentine’s Gift Ever ebruary is a time of love. For the romantics, Valentine’s Day is a time of flowers and romance, while for the cynics, it is a red and pink Hallmark holiday. Men and women alike share feelings of shame and failure if they are not in picture perfect relationships come February [...]
Hoist Your Sails!
The last couple of weeks, I’ve written about seeing your life as a ship. In order to live the life of your dreams – the life you were meant to live – you lovingly and joyfully create a compass to guide you. Though there are four points on a compass, this compass is made up [...]
Are You Rudderless?
Like a ship without a rudder, if we don’t know what’s important to us, we spend a lot of time wandering and wondering what we should be doing. There is tremendous power in discovering and living according to our highest values, and experiencing inner peace as the natural consequence.
Case Closed
Turn the Family Courtroom Back Into a Dining Room Who can resist the lure of the holidays? They are times filled with good food, and spent surrounded by the love and joy of our families. For some, the opportunity to spend time with parents, grandparents, siblings, and distant cousins defines what Thanksgiving, Chanukah and Christmas [...]
7 Ways to Deal with a Very Bad Day or Why I Spent 4 Hours in the Kitchen
You’re human and having a bad day is simply a sign that you are facing your challenges head on. Treat your soul with kid gloves with these Seven Ways to Deal with A Very Bad Day.
Honoring You
I spent the first half of this week attending Christine Kane’s Uplevel Your Purpose retreat. It’s a three-and-a-half day conference of about two hundred people, all of whom were amazing. Just being around this much collective creative energy was awe inspiring. In the first two days, I had formulated half a dozen new goals, filled [...]
Kick Your Lizard Brain to the Curb by Switching Shoes
When it comes to our creative needs, our brains are wonderful tools, but in addition to the ordered, controlled part of the brain we use every day, we also have to contend with the primitive part, the part that is properly known as the amygdala, but that many refer to as our “lizard brain.”


