Musings

As I sit thinking about what makes someone’s day joyful and prosperous, I realize that it comes down to three concepts – The words we tell ourselves or our self-talk each day – our thoughts The pictures we give our mind to think about – our heart The actions we take to get what we…

This musing is inspired by a personal article of someone who had recently remarried in her 60’s. She said she lives her life by 5 principles, I’ve added a 6th. Each is perfect on its own, practiced in combination, they lead to a beautiful, fulfilled and fun-loving life at any age. One of the best…

Several years ago, a friend of mine sought my advice. She was in a quandary about taking an extra course of study that would require almost two years of her time and energy and cost quite a bit of money. We talked for a while, and while she wanted the extra certification, she felt she…

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One of the biggest challenges for any of us is to set boundaries with our time, love, space, and our feelings. What exactly are boundaries? Boundaries are limits or things that we have chosen for ourselves that we will not accept or tolerate. These limitations we have are lines in the sand that if someone…

Often, we become hung up on the idea that we need a specific talent to get ahead. Here are 10 things we can do that require no talent. Each one on their own supports the completion of our goals, used together they are a dynamic set of principles that all successful people have and create…

We’ve all heard the proverbial thought to love ourselves first. Yet, often we put our needs on the back burner while we pour our energy into loving and caring for our children, our parents, friends, partners, and others through volunteering. What about our needs? Why is it so difficult to put ourselves first, to love…

Self-Discipline is a skill that can be learned just like any other skill. Below are 7 Ways to Improve Your Self-Discipline. 1. Establish a morning routine – Establishing an early morning and an evening routine is perhaps a habit that pays off by improving yourself mentally, physically, and spiritually. Rather than hitting the snooze button,…

While sitting on the back deck, drinking a cup of coffee, I made the realization that the second part of life, the part after our youth is spent, after raising our children, after family obligations and taking a job to earn an income, is an abyss of personal responsibility. Yet, on the heels of this…

While I was unsubscribing from the many emails that come unbidden to me, I realized that we can use the same process to thoughts that come to us, quickly deleting the ones that do not support us. Daily, each of us have between 15,000-17,000 thoughts that come into our minds. Many of these thoughts are…