Sarah was exhausted. No matter how many activities she scheduled for her son, he always wanted more. She worried about overbooking him (and herself) but every time they had a day at home, he ended up climbing the walls and driving her crazy. Julie was frustrated. At home, her daughter was exuberant and talkative, but … Read more…
I love the fresh start of the new year. My kids and I are pulling out our vision boards and magazines and dreaming and about an even more ideal life. Right now, my list of resolutions is so long it’s likely none of them will come true. So while I choose which ones to focus … Read more…
News of the shooting in Newtown, CT. is vibrating through my body. I can feel the weight of it: the suffering, fear, shock, desperation, anger, and grief. It shows up in me as real, physical pain: stomach ache, headache, tension in my neck, jaw, abdomen, crushing chest, and a feeling like boiling blood I know … Read more…
“I need some money and I need it now. I don’t care what I have to do, just please hire me. I’ll do anything.” Does that make you want to hire me? If so, help-a-holics anonymous might be your next stop. Most people are turned off by desperation. Just like that kid sophmore year that … Read more…
When you were little, you knew EXACTLY who you were and what was right for you. You were on a mission: you were alert, focused, intent, but your body was relaxed. If someone tried to keep you from accomplishing your goal, you screamed. In fact you didn’t let anything or anyone stand in your way. … Read more…
For generations parents have been telling their kids “Don’t be a quitter”. Quitting gets a bad rap but for today’s busy families, it’s one of the best things you can do. Gabrielle Douglas, Olympic Gold Medal Champion and all-around awesome cutie pie, had to quit lots of things in order to be successful at gymnastics. … Read more…
I am in a funk. I just returned from Family Camp in Lake Tahoe (my happy place) and it was fabulous. No cooking, dishes, driving, whining, or TV. Just happy kids and happy parents and lots of time in nature. What’s hardest for me when I return home, is the isolation: The kids and I, at … Read more…
“Don’t forget about the showcase on Friday, it starts at 10am.” I hear every morning as I drop my daughter off at a week long cheerleading camp. Summer is here and I am pining for “me time” like a love-struck teenager longs to be back at summer camp with her first love. My 8 yr. … Read more…
I confess. I believed it. The soft focus, the clean & pretty Mom, the happy baby, the dream that my life would soon be filled with love, peace & contentment. And it was. And it wasn’t. I loved being a Mom and I LOVED my baby. But suddenly, that was all I knew. I wanted to … Read more…
5 Questions every morning to give you clarity and intention.
5 Questions every evening to give you satisfaction and gratitude.
This is the best way to get you in the driver’s seat of your life.