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Is There Hope When You Feel Like You Are Living...
Financial problems, unemployment, economic cycles, relationship problems or losses might be surrounding you. Are you having trouble sleeping? Do you invest most of your time and energy into worrying? How...
Is There Hope When You Feel Like You Are Living...
Financial problems, unemployment, economic cycles, relationship problems or losses might be surrounding you. Are you having trouble sleeping? Do you invest most of your time and energy into worrying? How...
How Can You Enjoy an Adventure Without Leaving ...
We are living in a world that places time, energy and financial demands on us. At the same time, we have probably more opportunity than ever to add a little...
How Can You Enjoy an Adventure Without Leaving ...
We are living in a world that places time, energy and financial demands on us. At the same time, we have probably more opportunity than ever to add a little...

New Beginnings in Letting Go!
As we approach a new year, we hear numerous promotions by gymnasiums and weight loss programs. Financial planners encourage us to meet with them in order to develop a retirement...
New Beginnings in Letting Go!
As we approach a new year, we hear numerous promotions by gymnasiums and weight loss programs. Financial planners encourage us to meet with them in order to develop a retirement...

Time Management - What Did You Do Before?
Many times, my clients tell me that they don't have time to develop relationships with others. When I ask them to identify the things that "steal" their time, they are...
Time Management - What Did You Do Before?
Many times, my clients tell me that they don't have time to develop relationships with others. When I ask them to identify the things that "steal" their time, they are...
Upset, What Should You Do? - HALT
Sometimes our feelings and needs are jeopardized by factors that we can but fail to control. There is a neat little formula that we can use to identify inner signals...
Upset, What Should You Do? - HALT
Sometimes our feelings and needs are jeopardized by factors that we can but fail to control. There is a neat little formula that we can use to identify inner signals...
Problem-Solving - How Do You Eat an Elephant?
One bite at a time! Life can pile up on us and all of a sudden we are facing what appears to be overwhelming tasks. The house is a...
Problem-Solving - How Do You Eat an Elephant?
One bite at a time! Life can pile up on us and all of a sudden we are facing what appears to be overwhelming tasks. The house is a...

What Things Are 100% Preventable in This World?
So often we hear comments like "It couldn't be helped" or "It wasn't my fault. Blaming others and dodging responsibility are stances that are rampant in today's society. The other...
What Things Are 100% Preventable in This World?
So often we hear comments like "It couldn't be helped" or "It wasn't my fault. Blaming others and dodging responsibility are stances that are rampant in today's society. The other...

Fear - How to Confront and Kill it So That You ...
One of the most damaging and limiting things in life is fear. Every week clients tell me about how they are restricted or stopped by things that they think present...
Fear - How to Confront and Kill it So That You ...
One of the most damaging and limiting things in life is fear. Every week clients tell me about how they are restricted or stopped by things that they think present...

The Psychology of Spring
Take a deep breath! What you are inhaling is the beginning of a new season. There is a fresh smell in the air that we recognize from previous years. Our...
The Psychology of Spring
Take a deep breath! What you are inhaling is the beginning of a new season. There is a fresh smell in the air that we recognize from previous years. Our...
A Good Book
Often I am surprised when I hear someone say that they can't stand to be alone. I love to be alone. You see, I follow my aunt's theory. She used...
A Good Book
Often I am surprised when I hear someone say that they can't stand to be alone. I love to be alone. You see, I follow my aunt's theory. She used...

Food is Fuel For Your Brain
I love desserts. In fact, ice cream for breakfast would suit me just fine. Over the years, however, I have had to face the fact that we truly "are what...
Food is Fuel For Your Brain
I love desserts. In fact, ice cream for breakfast would suit me just fine. Over the years, however, I have had to face the fact that we truly "are what...

Attitude is Important - Develop One That Embrac...
Often parents come to complain to me because their child has "an attitude"! The dictionary defines attitude as a "state of mind or feeling". We all have attitude! Some of...
Attitude is Important - Develop One That Embrac...
Often parents come to complain to me because their child has "an attitude"! The dictionary defines attitude as a "state of mind or feeling". We all have attitude! Some of...

Cleaning Up Your Life
When I walk into my condo at night, I can tell exactly what condition my life is in at the time. You see I use my living environment as a...
Cleaning Up Your Life
When I walk into my condo at night, I can tell exactly what condition my life is in at the time. You see I use my living environment as a...

What is Learned Helplessness?
Many years ago, long before some of the legislation regarding harm of animals, some psychologists conducted research projects. In one of them, they placed a dog in a cage which...
What is Learned Helplessness?
Many years ago, long before some of the legislation regarding harm of animals, some psychologists conducted research projects. In one of them, they placed a dog in a cage which...

Problem-Solving - What Are Your Options?
Do you have a problem with another person that you cannot solve? There are several options that you might try: Do nothing - Many times individuals decide that they are afraid...
Problem-Solving - What Are Your Options?
Do you have a problem with another person that you cannot solve? There are several options that you might try: Do nothing - Many times individuals decide that they are afraid...

What Show Are You Living?
Everyone wants life to be as home-spun as "Little House on the Prairies" with a budget as large as that on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire". We crave the...
What Show Are You Living?
Everyone wants life to be as home-spun as "Little House on the Prairies" with a budget as large as that on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire". We crave the...
I Think I'm Getting Old!
This is the year of the fifty-fifth birthday! When I was a child I thought that was ancient! (But in those days I was the young one and besides the...
I Think I'm Getting Old!
This is the year of the fifty-fifth birthday! When I was a child I thought that was ancient! (But in those days I was the young one and besides the...

Self-Talk - What Style of Music Does Your Self-...
My dad used to say that he always knew who was at home when he arrived. If he smelled something cooking he knew it was my sister, Debbie. If he...
Self-Talk - What Style of Music Does Your Self-...
My dad used to say that he always knew who was at home when he arrived. If he smelled something cooking he knew it was my sister, Debbie. If he...

Life Is an Adventure
I was born into a family of story-tellers and therefore have had built-in role-modeling and audiences since I was a small child. Some of my best memories include bedtime stories,...
Life Is an Adventure
I was born into a family of story-tellers and therefore have had built-in role-modeling and audiences since I was a small child. Some of my best memories include bedtime stories,...

Reality Check
Recently I received an email from a friend and, rather than try to rewrite it, thought I would just print it exactly the way it was received. Bill Gates recently...
Reality Check
Recently I received an email from a friend and, rather than try to rewrite it, thought I would just print it exactly the way it was received. Bill Gates recently...