by Debra Smouse | May 20, 2015 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
My forty-seventh birthday was this week. It passed without angst despite the fact that fifty seems incredibly close. Maybe I’m making peace with aging more than I was this time last year. Or maybe fifty just doesn’t seem as scary as it seemed. Or maybe I’m kind of...
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 | 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...