by Debra Smouse | Jan 2, 2025 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
Once we’re beyond the rush of Christmas, it’s not unusual to feel a little let-down. Those post holiday blues, so to speak. But the thing is, often women feel something beyond the blues. It’s as if you give and give to everyone else, but by the time...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 23, 2024 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted
It’s the holiday season. Our stockings have been hung by the chimney with care. We have decked our halls. My holiday linens and dishes have been pulled from storage to grace my table, and my porcelain nativity has been placed under one of the Christmas trees. There...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 23, 2024 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
If the song tells us that this is the “most wonderful time of the year,” then why are so many folks so stressed out? Yes, my dear, I know that with all the demands on your time and attention as the holidays approach, often what gets tossed aside is self-care....
by Debra Smouse | Dec 17, 2024 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted, How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
The last time JB went on a work trip, I met a girlfriend for an impromptu happy hour. She’d texted me at 4 PM asking if I could meet her at 4:30 at a nearby restaurant with a great menu of Bar Bites. I agreed. Because no matter how much I like having a plan, I...
by Debra Smouse | Aug 20, 2024 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted
I have a confession: I’m feeling burned out these days. Please don’t get me wrong or think I’m complaining. It’s just a big dash of vulnerability and honesty. See, I adore my clients from the depths of my toes to the top of my head. My time...
by Debra Smouse | Aug 15, 2024 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
I don’t know about you, but with the world in chaos, sometimes sleep alludes me. It’s as if my mind has, well, a mind of it’s own. The days news plays in my head alongside the things I didn’t get checked off my to-do list. And so I find myself...
by Debra Smouse | Jul 17, 2024 | Life's Lessons, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
I’m the first to admit that I love the adventures that come my way when I travel. I credit travel with the opening of my soul in many ways, introducing me to new concepts, places, foods, and people. I’m also the first to admit that I function at my best when I have...