If someone suggested to you that you could live a happier, healthier life in 30 days, would you at least consider doing something about it? Let me make that suggestion to you right now because I believe it. If your life is good and you don’t feel a need to be any healthier or happier, there’s no need to read any more. I’m serious. If you are living your own definition of a happy and healthy life, then the last thing you need is a...

Do you wake up and think you can make a difference in the world? Or do you think you’re too small to make a difference? This is the question I posed on my blog two weeks ago, along with a challenge for readers to determine how they would use $100 to change the world. If you missed the original post and comments, check it out here. I was very inspired by the responses I received and as anticipated, the task of selecting a winner was quite...

If you could rewrite your story, what would it look like? I was working with a colleague and this two-part exercise was posed to me. Part 1 – Identify a pattern(s) in your life or your mind that keeps you stuck, keeps you small, keeps you attracting the same outcomes. Are you ready to dismantle the excuses, justifications and stories that are keeping you stuck? Part 2 – Write the story that you wish to release in 2500 words or less....

 Is there a connection between forgiveness and true healing? I had the strangest thing happen to me last week. A very, very dear friend called me to tell me that she had been thinking of me and two words came to her mind (there were actually four words, but bear with me on that for a bit). The two words were “healing” and “forgiveness”, and she told me that she saw them as connected. Well as someone on a journey of healing, she...

Do you wake up and think you can make a difference in the world? Or do you think you’re too small to make a difference? I’m reminded of the Margaret Mead quote that I’ve shared several times and have seen many other folks share as well. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead I have been inspired by many people over the...