How to make yourself happy every day is not easily answered because authentic happiness is a personal choice and it comes from within. We all have events cascading through our lives but it’s how... Read more >>

Ladies You Can Compete Yes you can. You can do anything you want to. Amelia Earhart , Susan B Anthony, Women’s Olympic medalists, marathon runners, mountaineers, lawyers, and doctors, to name... Read more >>

On February 14, 2008, seven of us were given one year to live. Now before you get concerned, I would like to be clear: this was not a medical diagnosis, nor was it anything like a suicide pact among... Read more >>

Let’s face it: feeling grateful isn’t always easy. As moms, it can be hard to maintain a peaceful, thankful attitude, partly because we have so much to focus on, and so much to do. But... Read more >>

It happened again at a holiday party this weekend. Someone asked me, their eyes wide with the hope of commiseration, if I didn’t agree that having a positive attitude is critical to overcoming... Read more >>

Life gets so busy nowadays, we are surrounded by so much noise, information overload, so many things we need to do, ought to do, forgot to do, etc, that we constantly live thinking about the past or... Read more >>

I took a break from my job today and wandered in the mall. I was looking for a small “I’m thinking of you” present for a sick uncle and thought the bookstore might be a good place to... Read more >>

You wake up in the morning and it begins—and doesn’t end all day. Sometimes it even steals your sleep from you. What I’m referring to is self-talk. The endless chatter that goes on... Read more >>

As I’m typing my thoughts, I am watching my daughter play outside games with her neighborhood friends. First, they played a made-up game of throwing a ball though hula hoops. Next, it was... Read more >>

I have been contemplating the outside world for some time now. Contemplating why people do certain things, feel certain ways, follow certain religions, and act upon certain ideas. It seems the more I... Read more >>