by Debra Smouse | Jan 5, 2025 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Once upon a time, I believed that I could fix my life (and my first marriage) by getting skinny, making a lot of money and surrounding myself with stuff. I created unrealistic ideals of how life would be “perfect” if I could just get “there.” And I believed...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 30, 2024 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
If you’re a fan of The Big Bang Theory, you probably remember all the agreements Sheldon, played by Jim Parsons, creates with the people in his life. It helps create solid boundaries, understandings, and seeks to diffuse conflict before it even begins. That, in...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 26, 2024 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
As we end the year, having mixed emotions is almost a universal experience. We feel joy for all that has been accomplished and the experiences we’ve had. Yet sometimes our minds drift into thoughts about what wasn’t, what may not have happened yet, and small moments...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 24, 2024 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
It’s that time of year when we take a step back, reflect, and resolve to do something to become more of our best selves in the year to come. Though we can all probably benefit from exercising, eating healthy, or getting our homes more organized, I believe we can all...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 23, 2024 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
I clearly recall the first time I chose a Word of the Year. It was December 2004 and my divorce with my husband of more than seventeen years was final. I wanted to take some sort of control with my life with the full knowledge that a large portion of life was out of...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 23, 2024 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
If the song tells us that this is the “most wonderful time of the year,” then why are so many folks so stressed out? Yes, my dear, I know that with all the demands on your time and attention as the holidays approach, often what gets tossed aside is self-care....
by Debra Smouse | Dec 22, 2024 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
The holidays are upon us. Christmas is mere moments away. And as I stock the house with necessities like paper towels, pasta and coffee, I can’t help but notice the frenzy of shoppers filling their carts to the brim with sweaters and pajamas and video games. Now, I...