by Debra Smouse | Apr 26, 2024 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Life's Lessons
Let’s be honest: most of us have a love/hate relationship with social media. There’s no doubt it’s here to stay and there’s no question in my mind that what we see in our various feeds influence us. We want to be a part of the social media landscape whether it’s...
by Debra Smouse | Feb 28, 2024 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Life's Lessons
Most of what I write here in the blog is about how I stay devoted to my desire to live a conscious life, because I know that the biggest challenge to staying devoted to the kind of life we say we want to live requires routines, rituals, and a variety of little tricks...
by Debra Smouse | Jan 6, 2023 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Life's Lessons, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
The wisest and most loving piece of advice I was ever told was this: “You are always in choice.” It came during a time of my life that I was able to hear it, even though I didn’t quite buy into the truth of the statement right away. I can see you rolling your eyes...
by Debra Smouse | Nov 20, 2022 | Life's Lessons
The holidays can be a challenging time of year for many of us. Not only is there pressure to find the perfect gift for everyone on your list, but the sheer pace of life can speed up to an almost frantic pace. And dare I mention the unrealistic expectations we put on...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 26, 2020 | Life's Lessons, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
When 2010 began, I believed it would end up being my worst year ever: my personal life was in shambles, work was stressful, and my mom had been diagnosed with cancer. Even though I had a several-years-old practice of choosing a word of the year as my focus, with all...
by Debra Smouse | Jul 6, 2020 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Life's Lessons
I’m going to tell you one of the simple facts of life darling: no matter how hard you try, you cannot change another person. I know, we all secretly want to be Wonder Woman and rescue folks. Especially folks we love. But we just can’t and here’s why. You...
by Debra Smouse | May 27, 2020 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Life's Lessons
Every year since I began my coaching practice, I have written a blog post outlining the lessons I’ve learned since my last birthday. This year I turned 52 and I have to say this was a birthday like no other. Because I can promise you that I had surely not planned to...