A runner’s reflection on stress, longevity, and not overscheduling our lives. What Is Zone 2 Training and Why It Matters Beyond Running As many of you know, I am a runner. I’ve been running since I was 12 years old and ran my first marathon in 1981...
Resilience is a word we hear often but what does it really mean? According to the American Psychological Association resilience is “[…] the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress—such as family and relationship problems, serious...
Clearing life's hurdles while parenting is not easy. Graduations are not hurdles, they are a time for celebration, and they usually make me emotional. Have you ever experienced this? It comes from that sense that a part of my parenting “job” has been completed. Another life...
Now is the time to keep your Immune System functioning as it should! With Covid-19 closing schools, quarantining entire towns and instigating a mad dash to clear the shelves of non-perishable foods at the supermarkets it is time to take a step back and think about how...
LOVE IS IN THE AIR My husband and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary over the holidays. Yes I was young when we married. We even dated for 6 years before we married so I guess you could say that “Dan was the Man” for me....
A Life Stage of Change Life stage changes seem to loom in front of us, whether they be a two digit birthday with a ZERO at the end, a marriage, starting a family, parental passing, menopause, or becoming an empty-nester. There is excitment at most of...
THIS IS MY WEEK OF COURAGE! A friend sent me this and I love it. I have it open on my computer and I read every morning before I start my day and every evening when I shut down the office. COURAGE is a LION, no...
A calendar new year has just begun. We spend time and energy deciding how to celebrate and who to celebrate with and hopefully we have fun or find joy in whichever way we celebrate. We often set resolutions for the year with gusto. But often...
As the sun sets on 2014 we look back on the year and forward to the new one. Besides the usual revelry, gatherings with family and friends, traveling and the making of resolutions to do things differently next year, this is the time of year...
For those of you that know, I am a certified Louise Hay Practitioner. Louise started "You can HEAL your LIFE" and so much more. She is world renown and I would say the GURU of Self Affirmation and linking emotions to illness. Affirmations help us overcome fears,...