by Debra Smouse | May 17, 2012 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
Tomorrow is my birthday. I will be 44. And this website is celebrating it’s 1st birthday. There is something super celebratory in using my own birth-date as the beginning point. It’s like having my very own fiscal year. The one thing I learn time and time...
by Debra Smouse | May 10, 2012 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Life is a funny thing. I went into my sabbatical with the primary intent of re-discovering my center. I’m happy to report that I found not only my center, but so much more. I’d love to tell you that the moment my sabbatical began, the heavens opened up the sun shone...
by Debra Smouse | Apr 26, 2012 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
Long before I began the journey to loving myself and my life, I felt as if I was constantly waging a battle with my Inner Critic. You know what I mean. That little voice inside me that belittled my food choices, what I was wearing, and how my hair looked on a regular...
by Debra Smouse | Mar 15, 2012 | Life's Lessons
What do you want? It’s an innocuous question on the surface. A million times a day we make decisions: The black shoes instead of the brown. A tuna sandwich for lunch. An hour of reality TV and then an hour of reading before bed. When I think of that question, my...
by Debra Smouse | Mar 8, 2012 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
Hi, honey. It’s me, Debra. I know I haven’t written to you since the Valentine’s note I sent last month. I bet you thought I had forgotten about you. I haven’t in the least. I adore you, you know. In fact, even when you’re not directly in my thoughts or at the...
by Debra Smouse | Mar 1, 2012 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
I have spent the bulk of this past week virtually unplugged. I’ve also been in bed before 9:30 almost every night this week, had a long lunch with a good friend, and lingered over a glass of wine while listening to work stories from my partner and his colleagues. At...
by Debra Smouse | Feb 23, 2012 | Life's Lessons
With You – By Taking Risks and Practicing Courage When I penned my Valentine to you, I mentioned that the entire month of February would be devoted to a celebration of LOVE. I’m all about loving the people in your world – and the person you must fall...
by Debra Smouse | Jan 12, 2012 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
When I was a little girl, my mother would soothe away a bad day by buying me a new Barbie, a Nancy Drew book, or new barrettes. She would make up after a fight during my teenage years by buying me a new pair of shoes or a sweater. When I became an adult, I was...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 29, 2011 | Life's Lessons
Creating Your 2012 Compass I began replacing “resolutions” in 2007 with guiding words for focus. I chose three little words in 2007 and they changed my whole life. My world opened up. I transformed. Every year since that time, I have chosen one to three words to...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 22, 2011 | Life's Lessons
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...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 15, 2011 | Life's Lessons
I have a couple of questions for you: How do you feel today? How do you want to feel? During my journey in living the life of my dreams, I’ve learned two important lessons about feelings. One – you have to learn to identify your feelings and actually allow yourself...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 8, 2011 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track, Tricky Situations
I have question for you: are you just floating along in life, or are you moving in the direction that aligns with what you really want? In order to live the life of your dreams, you have got to get clear about everything. What’s important to you? What do you really...