Musings

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…

On any given day, we are bombarded with thoughts from our external world. Below are 5 Steps to Change A Thought. Become Aware of the Thought – Before we can change a thought, we must in tune that the thought is coming from the exterior and we are reacting or responding generally from practiced patterns.…

Have you ever sat quietly or gone for walk or been daydreaming to have an idea suddenly pop into your head? Where did that come from? If you listen closely, answers from your heart can rise out of your subconscious mind to guide you … so listen closely as these are the whispers that can…

Our inner voice needs calmness and stillness in order to be heard. Here are 7 of the best ways to quiet the mind so that our heartfelt thoughts can rise to the surface. 1. Tap into the natural world – take a short walk or hike, ride a bike, sit on a bench and watch…

“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.” Anton Chekhov The majority of us are on information overload. Information comes at us invited and uninvited, through blogs, email, through the news, through social media feeds, through our friends and family, in podcasts, blogs, stories, texts and much more. We’re addicted to information,…

Just what is so special about confidence? Why are we attracted to confident people and shy away from those that are timid?   Confidence is the ability to believe in one’s strength, perseverance and commitment to make something happen. It is a necessary ingredient for any degree of success in our personal and professional life.…

RELATIONSHIPS ARE VITAL TO THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE, yet often we cling to unsupportive ones out of habit, comfort, fear, necessity or complacency. A conscious, honest assessment of our relationships and how each influences our thoughts and behaviors can bring surprising results. We each have a myriad of relationships on multiple levels – intimate, friendship, acquaintances,…