During the summer of 2018, I was led to write a book on “happiness.” By January 2019 my book “The Happiness Formula” was released and I spent my days speaking on and coaching people into financial freedom, relational joy, and spiritual connectedness. Since then, I have struggled to succinctly define how to answer the question, “What do you do?” Five years later, after officially retiring, moving to a new town, designing and building a home, starting another new business, celebrating my son’s marriage, and experiencing other varied life milestones, I am ready to claim a new title. I am a JUBILARIAN. I have entered the life phase of JUBILEE. I have the Divine Pleasure of working on and in and for a life of JUBILATION so that I may lead others towards more JOY in their daily walk. I remain committed to the many roles I have had over the […]

Always with the negative waves… why don’t you dig how beautiful it is…. say something righteous and hopeful… have a little faith…. “Kelly’s Heroes” catch-phrases I watched “Kelly’s Heroes” two decades after its release and while I remember very little about the movie, I never forgot the many times Oddball (Donald Sutherland) chastised Moriarty (Gavin MacLeod) for his negativity. I am definitely an Oddball and remain “challenged” by the many, many, (Lord help us) many Moriartys of the world. We all have moments of not being our best and we add to the sorrow in the world rather than shine the light of joy and peace. These moments of “low vibration” might be a factor of a temporary feeling and we should HALT and ask ourselves, “Am I hungry? angry? lonely? tired? in this moment and it will pass?” While very often we may be in the middle of a […]

As a 50+ year old woman, the change of life has created a whole new body for me to understand. All the stereotypes apply from aches and pains that travel from one area of my body to another depending on the weather, to weight gain which has me singing the Jello jingle, “Watch it wiggle, see it jiggle…”; to the loss of hair on my legs so shaving is a twice a month process rather than every day. (Although this last change is downright exciting!) Because there is no getting around the fact that our bodies change dramatically once we start on the second half of this finite phase of life, and therefore we must research, study, and learn new approaches for our specific needs, it is imperative to avoid a few myths (lies) that actually keep us from achieving the health we desire. Below are three basic myths/lies to […]

I randomly came across the story “10 Things You Really Begin To Hate When You Get Older” from “Wealth of Geeks” and I not only agree, I laughed out loud in the process. On a more serious note, the first point highlights one reason why I have such compassion for my fellows – we are a physically sick nation and #HEALTHMATTERS. The author used Reddit posts to compile his story. The first entry “Life Choices,” highlights the decisions one makes in their 20s that have a deleterious impact 20 years later. A 40-something commented on how hard it is to quit smoking and stated, “Screw my 23-year old dumb self.” When I ran a financial services practice, I said frequently, “What you DO or DON’T DO in your 20s, shows up in your 40s.” I would add extra words when I was discussing one’s financial stability or emotional peace of […]

I am a #BoyMom and while he is now married and creating a nice life for himself, he remains one of God’s greatest blessings to me. Thus, when I came across this brief article of the social experiment which monitored 10 boys and 10 girls alone in a house to track their behavior and interactions, my heart broke a little.* The experiment reveals boys destructive and irresponsible nature while the girls exhibit team work and the ability to care for themselves and others at a level almost unheard of for their age. While the boys fight with each other and quickly break into factions, the girls work together to solve differences and remain a productive, cohesive, and joy-filled unit. 30 years ago, I had no idea my fight for gender equality would become a full-scale attack on the reason and purpose for our differences. While this article would lead one […]