by Debra Smouse | Aug 18, 2025 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Why do decisions matter so much? Because every choice—whether it’s as simple as what to eat for lunch or as life-changing as where to live—shapes the path you’re walking. While it’s tempting to see decisions as routine or inconsequential, the truth is that...
by Debra Smouse | Aug 13, 2025 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
It seems like in recent years idealizing working from home has become the new American Dream. I certainly understand the allure. I’ve been working from home since 2003. And I think I have heard every iteration of why it must be so nice for me. The assumption is that I...
by Debra Smouse | Jul 26, 2025 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
When it comes to living this modern life, one of the things we must deal with is making decisions. Even when you prefer to go with the flow, the truth of the matter is, that, too, my dear, is a decision. And when you want more from this life than simply existing from...
by Debra Smouse | Jun 30, 2025 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted
When we first connected, she felt she had a pretty darned good life. She admitted it wasn’t perfect, yet she knew that she was one of the lucky ones. Then, life wasn’t so good. She felt as if she were barely surviving. Challenge after disappointment after challenge!...
by Debra Smouse | Jun 8, 2025 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted
Imagine you wake up on top of the world. You’re to do list is in order. And nothing can stop you. But then, in the blink of an eye, one of the wheels on your tightly scheduled day falls off. And you feel as if your life is careening out of control. And you ask...
by Debra Smouse | May 19, 2025 | Life's Lessons
Want to know the first step to falling in love with your life? By choosing to get off the fence of uncertainty and deciding that you are going to do it. I know it sounds simple, but darling, we often underestimate the power of decision. Many people don’t want to...
by Debra Smouse | May 18, 2025 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
No matter what is happening in the outside world, I am choosing to focus on what I can control. And that means choosing the path of artful living as my focus for the every day. Though I am creative, I never saw myself as an artist. Because I don’t have the...