No commute! Work in your pajamas! Sounds like a cake walk, but burnout can happen in all kinds of conditions, even if you normally work from home, are a stay at home parent or your job has been furloughed. Any time you are burning your candle at both ends you leave you...
My own transformation, from burned out psychologist to vibrant community volunteer, and ultimately to calm and centered coach, took about 20 years in the making. Sheesh! Does that terrify you? I mean, who has 20 years to spend getting their sh*t together? Well, here’s...
We all want to be happy. As Mel Robbins would say, “simple, but not easy.” Are you happy? Overall? Most of the time? What Mel is referring to is the fact that most of how you experience your life is within your control. It’s not complicated to choose happiness, it’s ju...
Recently, I have seen people declare their "intentions" in lieu of making a new year's "resolution." A kinder, gentler, don't feel super bad if you don't follow through version of a personal desire for change. Sure - to "intend" is to 'plan for a particular objective'...
By far, weight loss, in the form of diet and/or exercise, is the most popular New Year's resolution. As a health and wellness coach I am thrilled that people want to be healthier, and, ‘TBH’... we all want to look better. For me, however, the most compelling reason to...
Once upon a time, in a life far, far away, I was working as a psychologist participating in research for anxiety and depression. I had 2 young children, ages 4 & 1, and I was trying to juggle it all; work, relationship, family, community. At some point, I believe it wa...
Wellness, the concept of changing one’s habits to increase longevity and quality of life, has slowly been finding a foothold within the walls of the workplace. With the incidence of workplace burnout reaching “epidemic proportions” (Charlie DeWitt, 2017), organizations...
Once, when bedridden with a fever, I watched the movie "The Holiday" 3 times in a row. While it may have been the fever tempering my overall artistic critical abilities, the movie did in fact have a core inspirational message, "Be the STAR of your own life!" For both...
What makes you say ‘Ahhh’? I'm not talking about when the dentist says "Open up and say...", I'm talking about that warm cozy feeling when, maybe just for a moment, all is good and right with the world. Times when you realize you're not holding your breath or doing m...
Life is not perfect. People are not perfect. I'm okay with this. In fact, I count on it. That's why I can live with myself when amidst all of the organic produce on the grocery store conveyer belt there might be a random box of Mallomars (best cookie EVER for those...
