As we continue this series, we are going to bring you back to your childhood to think about how you enjoyed your playtime. When adults play, we call it our hobbies. What hobbies do you have and do you actually take time regularly to indulge in ...

How many of us plan out our day using time blocks, estimating how long tasks will take, filling up the hours of the day with appointments and tasks. Today, we will think about our day in a new way. We will consider something called an Energy Mi...

When was the last time that you sat on the couch trying to talk yourself into getting up and getting to something. It might have been something that you KNOW that you really want to do. Or something that you are trying to START doing. Somehow, ...

We often think of motivation as something that other people have and something that we don't have. Or that others have more of it. The good news is that none of that is true. We all have motivation and our brain activates it under certain circu...

As we continue our Self-Care series, it's time to examine the habits and practices in our life that are more time-consuming, more complicated, and harder than they have to be. There is a secret reason why we hold on to a strategy and a practice...

Think about the last time that you were nervous to do something new. Or something that you hesitated on starting. Why do we wait or hesitate or try to talk ourselves into starting something new? We usually wait around for some motivation to com...

Welcome to our 10-part series, leading up to our 200th episode! We will discuss the first rule of self-care. That we are humans who are supposed to feel things. Good things, bad things, and all of the things. Find out a few things that we subco...

When you think of the term ADHD, what do you picture? How would you describe the typical person who is diagnosed with this? What are they doing and what symptoms or indicators can you see? In this episode, I will share with you some of the less...

We have all had those times in our relationship... When you have been talking and talking about an issue and trying to hard to resolve it. You just might be doing everything right and it still feels like you aren't getting to the light at the e...

We have all had this experience before. You are living your life. You are used to the highs and the lows and it just feels like life. And then you find a solution for a problem that you have been having. Sort of like the first time that someone...

When you have tried every diet under the sun, but the scale doesn't budge. When you want to exercise and you have come up with all of the plans to start and it isn't happening. When you are really good at organizing your to-do list, but things ...

In the story of Pinocchio, he finds himself heading down a street to Pleasure Island. It's lined with candy and treats and everything enticing. If you asked Pinocchio where he was headed, he really didn't know. Let's look at this story and disc...

Now that the winter holidays are over, and we are looking ahead to the New Year, let's assess. I am using the childhood story of The Three Bears to discuss how your holiday season 'fit' you. We all have a level of activity and connection and bu...

When was the last time that your well-planned day or organized week got thrown off-track? Something happened: you got sick, an unexpected problem or expectation from someone else was placed on you or something that you have been working on just...

It is almost the New Year. What do you have planned for yourself? Do you have specific goals in mind? How detailed are they? And how detailed is your plan? I am thinking about who I will be in one year from now. And about the system that I will...

Sometimes we carry extra stress on our backs...on our shoulders.... We place a rock, one by one, into that metaphorical backpack and we carry it around with us wherever we go. Let's explore how they get there and what we can do to start lighten...

What is the difference between being willing or motivated to do a task? What about excitement and inspiration- where do those feelings come in? When you are beginning something new, what is the feeling that you should expect? How do you know wh...

We all think about the future in some way. Some with worry, some with hope. However we think about it, we may not realize that we create stories about the future. Not only do these stories actually affect what happens to us in the future, but i...

Here is Part 2 of our 3 part series. We sometimes don't realize the filtering and editing that our brain does all of the time. Facts and circumstances are happening all around us. Our brain picks out the bits of information that it wants to foc...

What was your childhood like? Was it good, bad, happy, sad? When you look back, do you wish that things could have happened differently? Do you wish that other people were different or that you made different choices for yourself? What was your...

When you write something down on that list of what to do today, how sure do you feel about crossing it off later? Do you ever have tasks that you bump from today to tomorrow? From this week to next week? The Sure Factor is one little trick that...

When we are afraid of doing something or we hesitate to get started, that fear or anxiety is very real. It's hard to believe that there is a fun and silly strategy that will take something that is serious and real and transform it into a lighth...

Time to add another tool to our toolbox of things that we can pull out when it feels hard to change our thinking. This week we will address those moments when your thinking feels stuck or inflexible. What are the struggles that you have in your...

We have all heard this advice before: 'fake it until you make it' to build your inner confidence. But, just because it is well known advice, does that mean that it is the best advice? We are going to talk about how this advice can advance your ...

Did you ever picture what it was like for your mom to grow up in the era that she grew up in? What was life like in the 1950's for people, and for women in particular? We are going to talk about the concept of conformity that was evident at tha...