by Debra Smouse | Nov 1, 2025 | Tricky Situations
Choosing a real estate investor CRM is not just a “software decision”. It is a budget decision that affects how many leads you can manage, how fast your team follows up, and how much you really spend per closed deal. With so many investor-focused platforms on the...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 31, 2025 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
As we move into fall and towards the holiday season, it’s time for a reality check. Each and every day, most of us don invisible masks. No, not the fun festive ones for a masked ball or the Halloween Masks you wore as a child. I’m talking about the subtle,...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 30, 2025 | Nifty Life Hacks
Kids grow when they feel seen, supported, and encouraged, and choir offers a space where all of those things come together. Singing in a group is more than just learning music. It helps kids express themselves, gain confidence, and feel part of something special. When...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 29, 2025 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
Feeling stuck in the same old routine? Wondering how to be excited about life when most days feel like a blur of emails, laundry, and endless “what’s for dinner?” questions? You don’t need a complete life overhaul to feel alive again. Excitement isn’t hiding in some...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 27, 2025 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Boundaries are one of the hardest things to set and yet they’re critical to loving your life. That’s why I want to explore myths about boundaries. Because if we’re being honest, a lot of the resistance to setting healthy boundaries doesn’t come from reality. It comes...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 24, 2025 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
If you met me two decades ago, you would have seen a woman who was a little lost. I was constantly feeling as my life was on a treadmill: sitting at my kitchen table, coffee in hand, staring at a to-do list that seemed to have grown legs overnight. My life felt like a...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 23, 2025 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
We all need space to breathe, reflect, and recharge. Intentional solitude isn’t about avoiding life. Rather, it’s a daily practice that boosts clarity, creativity, independence, and emotional strength. Even a few quiet minutes can change how you show up in every part...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 21, 2025 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Self-trust is one of the most powerful, yet overlooked, foundations of personal growth. When you build self-trust, you strengthen your ability to keep promises to yourself, stay consistent, overcome self-sabotage, and ultimately create routines that stick. Without it,...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 20, 2025 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
The end of the year often brings a surge of energy—the “finish strong” mindset, the lists of goals still unchecked, and the pressure to wrap up everything neatly before January. But that drive can quickly turn into overwhelm, stress, and self-criticism. If you’ve ever...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 17, 2025 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Life can feel like a juggling act. Work deadlines, family responsibilities, errands, endless messages, and the little “urgent” tasks that pop up every hour can pile up faster than anyone can manage. From the outside, everything might look accomplished, impressive, or...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 16, 2025 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted, How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Let’s be real: a lot of women secretly wish they could wave a magic wand and improve their marriage if only their partner would change. If he’d be more romantic. If he’d pick up his socks. If he’d just notice how exhausted you are. But here’s the tough-love truth:...
by Debra Smouse | Oct 15, 2025 | Tricky Situations
You hate financial surprises on a job because they eat margin. So let’s stop creating them. This piece walks through the insights into a single, defensible workflow that produces accurate bids fast. I’ll show practical steps, tools to invest in, what to demand from...