by Debra Smouse | Oct 13, 2019 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
When I was a little girl, my favorite person to be with was my grandmother. I’d go for long visits over the summer or the holidays and it was just me and her. She let me cook, play office, and take walks around the neighborhood. Despite my warm memories of all...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 12, 2019 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
It happens to us all at some point – we find ourselves just going through the motions, day in day out, and we realize that, while we were looking the other way, we became stuck in a rut. This feeling takes all the zest and enjoyment out of life and everything...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 11, 2019 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Sometimes, the seasons bleed into each other without much fanfare. Sure, as Fall arrives you may grab that Pumpkin Spice Latte (or is that Pumpkin Spice Everything?). But the thing is, unlike cultures of the past, there isn’t a lot of rituals of transitioning...
by Debra Smouse | Sep 25, 2019 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we just passed the official beginning of Autumn. I spent the first forty-years of my life in Texas, where the seasonal changes present with a notation on the calendar. Now, living in the Midwest, I am blessed to experience Mother...
by Debra Smouse | Sep 24, 2019 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted
Creating a life you love is really about finding pleasure in the day-to-day living. To seek the gems in the midst of the craziness that sometimes accompanies us in this life. It also involves feeling the gamut of feelings. We focus on those sweet feelings, the joyful...
by Debra Smouse | Sep 22, 2019 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
One of the hottest new shows on Netflix is Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. It’s certainly inspiring folks to take a hard look at on It’s no secret that I believe clutter is one of the barriers between your life as it is and the kind of life you desire to create....
by Debra Smouse | Sep 20, 2019 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Though I always loved school no matter what age I was, most folks would tell you that they didn’t. I had an insatiable curiosity to learn things. Well, I still do have that insatiable curiosity. And if I were to give you one piece of advice on how to stay passionate...
by Debra Smouse | Sep 12, 2019 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
I have been self-employed since 2003. Though I occasionally took project to put me in a client’s brick and mortar offices, for the bulk of that time I have used my home as my base of operations. I love the freedom of working from home. But sometimes, there is too much...
by Debra Smouse | Sep 11, 2019 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Whether you’re heading back into the job market after staying home with your kiddos. Looking to re-enter the job market after a divorce. Or simply ready to reinvent yourself by changing jobs (or careers) after ages at your current position, the odds are, things...
by Debra Smouse | Sep 7, 2019 | 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...
