Stronger- in the face of fear.

October 2019 on the blog is all about the word STRONGER. Getting stronger requires courage- and when courage is required, fear is usually lurking.  One of the best books ever- even reading the title helps me- is Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway! by Susan Jeffers PH.D.  It’s a classic. Somehow I grew up … Continued

A Particularly Favorable Environment

Thriving as the result of a particularly favorable environment. This is the definition of the word FLOURISH. A word I am growing to love more and more- the more I consider it’s meaning and interpret it for myself. A week ago I lead a retreat called the Thrive Retreat. I read a lot of words … Continued

Devotion and the Meaning of Your Life

Devotion. Back in January I picked themes for each month of the year. Words that sounded good to me, that I wanted to explore further the meaning of them in my life. I always like looking at the definitions of words as a place to start. Devotion: love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, … Continued

Protect Yourself

This blog post is almost a no brainer at this time, but here it goes anyway! First the obvious- we are living in mentally and emotionally difficult time. Do you notice that some people are truly devastated over recent events while others are not? What is the difference? I don’t have all of the answers, … Continued

Gentleness

I got it backward. Last month the habit I was working on was unconditional self love.  I few things in life had happened in previous months that helped me forget what was good about me and had left me depleted.  I needed to embark on a mission to regain myself to my fullest-  nurturing and … Continued

Self Love 2016

Last evening on my segment, Get It Together, airing each month on WCAX TV’s The :30 show here in Vermont the topic was all about self love! Self love gets a really bad rap.  Many people feel uncomfortable talking about it- it’s selfish, it’s conceited.  It’s really just the opposite.  One point I made, and … Continued