by Debra Smouse | Apr 21, 2015 | Life's Lessons, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Pretty much every person I know who chooses to cultivate a daily life they love eventually reaches similar roadblocks. Sure, there are the common side effects of our choice to live a conscious life: our wardrobe no longer fits our lifestyle, or we hate the dishes we...
by Debra Smouse | Mar 26, 2015 | Life's Lessons
What are your core values? The first time I really understood that question, it gave me pause. Sure, I knew my values! I had inherited them, right along with my love of reading and my deep appreciation for fried okra. Hadn’t I? Of course, that was during the years...
by Debra Smouse | Jan 22, 2015 | Life's Lessons
For a decade now, I’ve been using the process of choosing one to three words to serve as a focus and theme for my year. Like life, some years are easier to stay on point than others, but it never fails to amaze me at the end of the year how my choice has focused,...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 5, 2014 | Life's Lessons
We are knee deep into the holiday season. Thanksgiving is behind us, we are approaching the second Sunday of Advent, and before we know it, Christmas and New Years are upon us. It’s a hard time of year for many thanks to the Ghosts of Christmas Past. I try to remember...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 17, 2014 | Life's Lessons
Though each of us is on an individual journey here in this world, there is always a common connection to others. As a coach, I’m able to witness these the underlying themes that we all wrestle with. In a recent week of coaching, I saw the same similar questions coming...
by Debra Smouse | Mar 21, 2014 | Life's Lessons
Recently I read that some of the recent research on sleep shows that we can bank extra sleep in preparation for a late night ahead but it takes our bodies two weeks to catch up. I find the blending of science and practicality fascinating in all kinds of ways. What...
by Debra Smouse | Mar 11, 2014 | Life's Lessons
Though there was fresh snow on the ground this week, Mother Nature is also showing proof that we are edging our way to spring. Literally overnight, bright green leaves from the bulbs I planted in October are beginning to burst forth into the world. Winter has been...