by Debra Smouse | Jan 19, 2025 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Do you ever have one of those days when everything in your life feels like you’re teetering on the edge of anarchy? As if even the tiniest action feels insurmountable? And if you could just seize one moment of feeling in control, you’d take it? Oh,...
by Debra Smouse | Aug 19, 2015 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
The story I shared with you about my return to writing in a paper journal was only one story of bonfires. You see, I’ve built more than one of those blazes in my lifetime and I’m sure there are more to come. Building a bonfire to destroy old truths and...
by Debra Smouse | Aug 16, 2012 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Life's Lessons
Once upon a time, I did what good Southern girls are supposed to do: I got married young and created the appearance of the perfect white-picket-fence life. We bought a three-bedroom “starter home,” got a dog and a cat, and began to plan for children. When the...
by Debra Smouse | Jul 13, 2012 | Life's Lessons
Hello, darling. I want to tell you something: you’re doing fine. I know. I know. You had a “to do” list a mile long this week. No matter how much you get done – or don’t do – this week, it’s ok. Seriously. Repeat after me: “It’s OK. It will be OK.” Beating...
by Debra Smouse | Jun 21, 2012 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
Hello, darling. How are you feeling this week? Are you going to give me the societal polite answer: “fine”? Which is wonderful if you’re really feeling fine, but if you just told me a little white lie (or maybe a big fat lie), let me tell you...