There is a common misperception that living the life you are meant to live will feel amazing. That once you’ve found that THING you are meant to do, life is sunshine and roses and it’s all down hill from there. I think knowing what our deepest desires are and ignoring them, is actually the cause … Read more…
Summer is here and it’s time to give your kids room to explore their individual passions and follow their bliss. But what if all they want to do is play video games? Or it’s day two of vacation and they are already bored and missing their friends? If your kids passions are inconvenient or unclear, … Read more…
My kiddo: “Mom, will you play a game with us?” Me: “No thanks, honey, I’m enjoying reading my book.” My kiddo: “What are you reading?” Me: “Oh, it’s this great book on the importance of play by Dr. Stuart Brown, I just love it. It’s all about how Play shapes the brain, opens the imagination, … 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…
“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…
Everyone has a calling. Something they are put on this planet to do. Your mission, while here on Earth, is to figure out what that is, and DO IT. How do you know what your calling is? It feels fun, easy, exciting. You have an aptitude for it, a passion for it, it makes you … Read more…