This is my last post of 2025! As I reflect on this past year, I am thinking about what I enjoyed the most. Time and again the things I enjoy and make a lasting impact on me are times with family, little trips with friends, working with my clients and working on the challenges I … Continued
If someone asked me this question my answer would be, I do them. I wasn’t always this way, I was fortunate to have mentors and coaches to help me learn along the way. Now, I am a big advocate for keeping routines no matter what time of year it is, no matter where you are, … Continued
I shared in my newsletter this week that my son is my biggest teacher in the area of presence. We all have a lot going on and going through our heads and can get easily distracted. Recently I heard someone who was 70 reflecting that if they live to be 100, they have maybe 30 … Continued
While it is not officially winter until the solstice on December 21, the season of winter here in Vermont is in full swing! Even if you live somewhere where the weather is not signaling winter, you may be feeling it. The slowing down of some things, the holidays, the year wrapping up and leading to … Continued
Kenny Loggins sang it best- this is it! Here we are on the eve of the last month of another year. How has this year been for you? A big question, I know! One of the most important things to do at this point in the year is to make some big decisions. Many people … Continued
Everything about us is energy. Have you ever had a good day where there was a stream of good things that kept happening, one thing after another? Have you ever had a day where one not so great thing after another happened? Most of us have experienced both, at last once or twice! It has … Continued
In all of the years I have been speaking, talking and engaging around the topic of gratitude with clients and audiences, the one aspect that seems most challenging for people is having gratitude for themselves. When asked to come up with a list of things a person could be grateful for about themselves, it is … Continued
Every November in my community I have a Gratitude Challenge- and here we begin again, another year in the books, another year has passed and delivered us here. What is gratitude? According to the dictionary it is the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation and to return kindness. The Gratitude Challenge 2025 is … Continued
What does the phrase “creating November your way” bring up for you? Think about it. Write it down. I love November because it is a gateway- to the holidays, to the end of the year, to a new year ahead. Many years I began to equate November with gratitude- starting with Thanksgiving week, and then … Continued
When was the last time you went back to basics in any area of your life? Health, business, leadership, spiritual, mental/intellectual, social, family, financial, community- all of these areas can become cluttered with too many items, commitments, to-do’s. It can get complicated, which many times will cause us to feel that feeling of being stuck- … Continued