Happiness is a battle to be waged, not a feeling to be awaited. Dennis Prager When someone asks, “Are you happy?” what is your gut response….REALLY? For far too many of us, the answer is not a resounding, “Absolutely!” but, rather, a more resigned, “Sometimes,” or the more colloquial, “Meh.” Five years after my book, […]
Who is this life all about? When you speak to someone, do you ask them about themselves or tell them all about you? This Veteran’s Day, don’t just tell a veteran you are thankful for their service, ask them to tell you about their life and their experience as a once active military person willing […]
If I were to die today, these are the life lessons I would like my children, those I love, and even strangers to have so they may prosper.
If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. John 15 For we have no permanent city here; on the contrary, we seek the one to […]
I could have scripted Robin Hauser’s TedTalk “The Likeability Dilemma for Women Leaders.” What this documentarian reveals has been my reality since 1st grade when I was told a girl cannot be president of the class as “that is a boy’s job”…. and it is probably why I ended up being president of my class […]
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, […]
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 […]
Of the five love languages, “gifts” is the last way I perceive/receive love. I am a “words of affirmation” type which is essentially why I post blogs and vlogs and frequently add to various social media platforms. What I write is my way of saying, “I love you, fellow citizen, and I desire for the […]
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, […]
If you want to experience the highest level of peace and HAPPINESS, you MUST release any person, institution, or idea that allows you to dislike, distrust, fear or even hate another. The feelings you harbor are like drinking poison, hoping the other person will die. You are sick, tired, hurt, angry because you have yet […]