by Debra Smouse | Feb 9, 2012 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
The Best Valentine’s Gift Ever February is a time of love. For the romantics, Valentine’s Day is a time of flowers and romance, while for the cynics, it is a red and pink Hallmark holiday. Men and women alike share feelings of shame and failure if they...
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 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...
by Debra Smouse | Sep 8, 2011 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted
Call me crazy, but I name the various voices of my personality. My inner critic is named Mary. My lizard brain is named Louise. My “I’m so happy I could burst” side is named Paula. It makes life easier in many ways, because putting a name to things can allow you to...
by Debra Smouse | Jul 28, 2011 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
I spent the first half of this week attending Christine Kane’s Uplevel Your Purpose retreat. It’s a three-and-a-half day conference of about two hundred people, all of whom were amazing. Just being around this much collective creative energy was awe...
by Debra Smouse | Jul 13, 2011 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
If you’ve been around the field of self-development for long, you’ll begin to notice the encouragement to go for BIG. It’s exhilarating and scary when you begin to dream big. (I use the word “dream,” but for my corporate friends, we can say “set big goals”.)...
by Debra Smouse | Jun 29, 2011 | 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
If you are like many folks in the U.S., the 4th of July means a long weekend. I often ask clients what they most look forward to for a long weekend, usually the subject of rest or escaping from burnout surfaces. Many of you will say you are looking forward to a BBQ...