by Debra Smouse | Dec 31, 2020 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Though I know there are no magic solutions to life’s challenges, I want to share my secret weapon that I’ve been using for the last sixteen years that doesn’t cost a dime: choosing a word of the year. When you choose a Word of the Year it gives you a touchstone of...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 26, 2020 | Life's Lessons, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
When 2010 began, I believed it would end up being my worst year ever: my personal life was in shambles, work was stressful, and my mom had been diagnosed with cancer. Even though I had a several-years-old practice of choosing a word of the year as my focus, with all...
by Debra Smouse | Jan 11, 2020 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
The arrival of a new year never fails to fill me with an excited anticipation. While I’m a big believer that every day, or truly every moment, is an opportunity to start fresh, there’s something mystical about going through the threshold as one year becomes the next. ...
by Debra Smouse | Nov 19, 2019 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Though I know there are no magic solutions to life’s challenges, I want to share my secret weapon that I’ve been using for the last fifteen years that doesn’t cost a dime: choosing a word of the year. Think of it like a theme song to motivate you as you move from...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 5, 2018 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
Do you want to create a life you love? What do you need in order to set just the right goals? How do you flesh out your dreams so that you can curate the kinds of experiences you desire? It’s something I’m asked often, which is why I wanted to share how I...
by Debra Smouse | Jan 1, 2013 | Life's Lessons
Happy New Year, Darling! Welcome to 2013! I often share pieces of my personal story here within the blog. Long ago I learned that people learn from the stories of others. It’s why we were read fairy tales and fables when we were children, because deep behind the...
by Debra Smouse | Mar 15, 2012 | Life's Lessons
What do you want? It’s an innocuous question on the surface. A million times a day we make decisions: The black shoes instead of the brown. A tuna sandwich for lunch. An hour of reality TV and then an hour of reading before bed. When I think of that question, my...