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My yoga teacher brought an interesting idea to class yesterday. At the beginning of each session, she usually tells us a story about some challenge she faced during the week and the learning gained from it. She started by describing her gardening talents with the comment that she possessed a “purple thumb,” so doesn’t give […]
Good Morning! Midlife Magic: The 7 Day Self-Care Plan to Boost Your Energy and Make You Smile is now in print and available for purchase on line. It arrives just in time for Mother’s Day—the ideal gift for that Mom who devotes her energy to caring for others, while putting her own needs last. It might […]
This month I have an exciting announcement — at least it is for me. My book makes its debut next month! Midlife Magic: The 7 Day Self Care Plan to Boost Your Energy and Make You Smile will give a woman stuck at the midlife crossroads that positive first step on the journey to reinvent […]
In this newsletter, I usually focus on books you might like at the beginning of summer (in the northern hemisphere) — great fiction to devour in the longer, relaxing, days of June, July and August. But today, in the midst of winter, I want to bring to your attention a nonfiction book I think is […]
Do you know January is hot tea month? Wondering why I’m calling this to your attention? Good question! I’ll answer it with another one. What happens when you sit down for a hot cup of tea? That’s right; you stop what you’re doing. And that’s a good thing. To echo an old CocaCola slogan: “it’s […]
During the pre-holiday rush, I woke up one morning to a bad start. I had overslept. I washed up quickly, dressed, grabbed a fast breakfast and hustled out the door to reach an appointment on time. Oh no! For the first time this winter, a hard layer of frost encrusted all the windows of my […]
Your to-do list is undoubtedly expanding with the upcoming holidays. Maybe you already feel flummoxed every morning about where to start with the items on that list. If you’re like a client of mine, you wonder whether you should make the bed, load the dishwasher, order holiday gifts, head for the elliptical in the basement, […]
The other day I received a gift that had me snorting with laughter: one of those NO buttons. What tickled me were the eight distinctive voices that erupted as I kept pushing the button. My favorite was an emphatic, “No! No! No!” with each NO sounding a different note. My post laughter reaction was a […]
Sometimes at midlife, your days no longer bring you enough pleasure. Perhaps your job doesn’t excite you any more, but what else can you do? Maybe your last child has left the nest and you can’t imagine how to fill the empty space. Or possibly you simply don’t find your life satisfying, but feel lost […]
The midlife journey can be a challenge — fraught with confusion and concern as you try to figure out what’s next. At times you may wonder if you’ll ever feel really great again. Happily, recent research suggests your mood will likely improve over the next 20 years. A University of Melbourne study that followed more […]