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If I’m so smart, why can’t I get a good night’s sleep?
You get it. You should get a good night’s sleep. Every. Single. Night. The research is conclusive. And extensive. As Arianne Huffington has so decisively proven, “There’s practically no element of our lives that’s not improved by getting adequate sleep.” A good night’s sleep is imperative if we want to be healthy, work smarter, be …
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Craving more Connection?
I’m writing this on Valentine’s Day because the myriad of feelings and reactions the 3 little words, “Happy Valentine’s Day” can stir up deserves to be addressed and, in many cases, mitigated! Especially when a quick search brings up the word lonely as often as love in relation to Valentine’s Day… as well as jaded, …
The Best Advice I Ever Received Came from My Toddler
I can still see the toes of my daughter’s tiny hot pink hiking boots tapping together as she sat staring straight ahead, slightly embarrassed by the goings on around her. Never contemptuous yet a bit a dismissive, she watched out of her peripheral vision as the other toddlers and parents did the hokey pokey. It …
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Tired of feeling distracted and disconnected? Try these 3 easy steps!
Three very simple practices that can increase the warmth and connection you feel each and every day.
How to declutter your brain
“The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don’t.” Marie Kondo When Marie Kondo first burst into our world, my husband and I both became converts. We took everything in our closet, put it on a pile on the floor and then, piece by piece, decided …
5 things to reflect on before 2021 becomes 2022
I love the week between Christmas and New Year’s because my world and the world around me seem to slow down a bit. Each year, our family takes to the hills – to the Colorado mountains to be more precise – and spends our days skiing, snowshoeing, reading the books we got from what one …
How to be a miracle maker.
No matter your faith, ‘tis the season for celebrating miracles. Pretty big ones in fact. Yet a miracle doesn’t have to be monumental. It just has to be. But after this past couple of years when simple things, like giving a hug, became difficult, it can be hard to find the miracles. Yet miracles happen. Every. Single. Day. We just …
Increase Your Gratitude ROI
Thanksgiving is over. Even the leftovers are gone. So why keep focusing on gratitude? Even though gratitude is proven to make you healthier, wealthier, wiser and happier, isn’t it time to move on? To focus on what’s next. But wait. Before you move on, consider this: Studies show that going for depth, rather than breadth, creates a bigger return on investment when …
Can you think of 100 things you’re grateful for?
This week in America, we will celebrate my favorite holiday. (New Year’s Day, Tax Day and Winston Churchill Day also all make the list of favorites but that’s an entirely different blog post.) Thanksgiving. A day set aside for noticing what it is we feel grateful for. When I contemplate gratitude and its relationship to …
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