by Debra Smouse | Jul 7, 2024 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted, Nifty Life Hacks
I spent a chunk of last week wallowing in crankiness. I wanted to pick fights and complain. Deep down, I knew what the problem was, but I came up with all kinds of excuses, mostly surrounding the need to work harder and get back into the swing of non-travel...
by Debra Smouse | Sep 29, 2017 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted
So, you’re having a bad day. Or maybe a crappy week. Or maybe experiencing a series of days upon days of a funky blue feeling you just can’t shake. And you’re tired of it, so tired of your heart hurting and general malaise. So tired of that sense of ennui and...
by Debra Smouse | Aug 26, 2016 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
Each and every day, I am inspired by the raw honesty and vulnerability of the people I work with. Clients, colleagues, and friends fuel my mind and my spirit. They remind me that this human experience is both glorious and hard. I’m constantly amazed by the way I...
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...