August Thoughts

An August wellness tip to clear your mind and body this month: Intermittent fasting.  Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern where you cycle between eating and fasting. In a recent article, Dr. Daniel Amen lists the benefits of intermittent fasting as being able to: – “Detoxify the brain, clear out old and damaged cells, and sweep…

July Thoughts

Good Morning, This month, I ask a favor…. My self-help book, “Trust Your Intuition,” has the opportunity to be picked up by a traditional publisher. In order to proceed, they are looking for a higher number of reviews on Amazon. If you have read the book and found it helpful, would you mind rating it…

Just Breathe June 25th

If you’re not exactly where you want to be right now, breathe. If you find yourself frustrated with the world, with your community, with yourself, just breathe. If you feel like you’ll never do what you said you would or become who you said you’d be, stop and take a deep breath. These are the…

June Thoughts

Welcome June… This month’s column will focus on the 80/20 rule. The 80/20 rule is where you give 80% of your best and allow for 20% imperfection. For example, my naturopathic doctor used to say eat well 80% of the time and eat not so great the rest of the day/week/month. I followed that model…

May 19th Happiness Hack for the Day

Hi Everyone, How’s it going two months in? Are you keeping yourself in balance with work, exercise, having fun, connecting with loved ones, cleaning your basements and closets and getting enough rest? What are the things you still feel you need to accomplish during this challenge? What are the lessons you feel you’ve learned and…

May Thoughts

Welcome May! The following is a tweak on an article I wrote that was recently published in Thrive Global: Work comes second nature to me. As an author and therapist, I value putting information out into the world that makes a difference, that helps others to stretch themselves and reach higher in order to live…

Today’s Blog 4/21/20

So….This whole thing’s got me thinking about the little ones, and the parents of little ones. Kids who are under the age of 5, and parents who might be struggling to care for children at these ages are a concern, due to the primary reason of parents who may not be getting any type of…

Today’s Blog 4/9/20

In “Stillness Speaks,” Eckhart Tolle writes: “When you completely accept this moment, when you no longer argue with what is, the compulsion to think lessens and is replaced by an alert stillness. You are fully conscious, yet the mind is not labeling this moment in any way. This state of inner nonresistence opens you to the unconditioned…