Category: Mindset & Wellbeing

I lost my ability to focus. My mind was overflowing. Too many thoughts swirling in my head. Going in too many directions. Too many things changing in the work and the routine. I was losing sleep. I wanted to do it all, but was getting nothing done. Collapsing upon myself in a state of failure.… Continue reading Getting Focus BACK!

Is your dining room table covered with stuff you haven’t put away yet? A catch-all for things that don’t have their own place? How about the crap in your car’s center console? Or the random trinkets atop your dresser? Or the one-off documents and empty folders in your Google Drive? Or the mess that is… Continue reading A Place for Everything…

I was avoiding my work space…it was cluttered and disorganized (which is really not me). I was walking by it…doing the bare minimum, waiting for my focus to came back. Little by little, my dissatisfaction built and built, until…BAM! I couldn’t take it anymore! Enough was enough! My focus was back! And back with a… Continue reading Procrastinate NO MORE!(or a lot less)

Years ago, I admitted I was not fond of the seasons changing to fall and winter. I’m fairly certain this is a common feeling. So what was I to do about it? To offset the thought, I started taking annual trips in October or November. This gave me something to look forward to and got… Continue reading Winter Wellness, Winter Bliss

Recently I was talking to a friend when she started listing all the things she wanted to do this summer. Swimming, paddle boarding, sailing, even water skiing! It all sounded really great! Ambitious yet doable! Then she said that the water skiing might not happen because she’s only done that once in her life! LOL!… Continue reading NEW and DIFFERENT Things

In this fast-paced world, do we feel like we’re constantly being rushed? Hurried? Expected to keep up with an insane pace? The real question… do we want to be??? Here’s a reminder to STOP the madness! Let’s step off the merry-go-round, away from the dizzying pace. Let’s step onto solid ground, where we can take a breath, take our… Continue reading Stop the Madness! Slow it Down…

When we hear the word detachment, what do we think? It has a negative connotation, doesn’t it? Allow me share another perspective. One that will hopefully reveal a different side and a different way of thinking about it. Fundamentally, detachment refers to a state of emotional disengagement, the ability to distance oneself from situations and… Continue reading Detach, With Love…Trust…

Yes! You are going to learn a new term, concept and mental habit today! Stay with me! It’s neither hard nor complicated, yet totally worth it! We live in a world that is so negatively distracting! Let’s flip that script and bring back MORE JOY into our lives! If we haven’t realized that yet, here is a major… Continue reading Get more Joy! Employ Vorfreude

I keep bumping into a few core themes as I brainstorm, get inspired, and write these newsletter articles. These three thoughts keep grabbing my attention, principles and standards that resonate with me and how I try to approach and live life. Not only do they reflect how I wish to BE, but also how I… Continue reading Three Good Principles for Life

At one time or another, we have all said, “What just happened?” or “I don’t recall, I wasn’t paying attention”. More and more these days I am noticing that we have lost the ability to be truly present in our lives. So distracted by noise and the busyness of this world. Missing the beauty of the… Continue reading The Practice of Being Present