Creative Success Depends on Long View
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In this podcast, we feature author Taylor Marsh, who [read more]
You Can Make a Difference at Midlife
I am always impressed with people who risk their own lives to save another, who will help you all hours of the night, who open their wallets to help those less fortunate.
I wish I was more like that. I try to be. I’m not selfish. I’ve given [...]
Unleash The Daring Dance Within You
Sometimes in life, no matter your stature, success, sartorial dress, rich or modest home, friends and magnificent job—you may come to a point of getting down on yourself.
If you live by modest means or in poverty, you may come to the conclusion [...]
The Greatest Gift Of All
Everyone wants to give meaningful gifts, no matter what the occasion.
There is only gift that tops all others for time eternal.
Interesting, don’t you think, that people usually buy or make things – physical, material things? Things [...]
Societal Exhaustion In Our High Speed World: Slow It Down
You live in a high speed, high stress society.
Everything ramps you up to meet deadlines, reach class on time and excel at work. You face texting, emails and Smart Phone recordings. If you’re a parent, you must take the kids to soccer practice, [...]
Do You Send Out “Happiness?”
It feels good to contribute and give of myself – so I do it. By doing so, I come “ALIVE!”
Your happiness is a gift that sends ripples of joy endlessly out. This is a deposit of aliveness into all the experiences in your [...]
Ever want to “GIVE” to yourself?
Why not seize all the small daily occasions and make the day special for someone else?
If you do, you will give to yourself.
Once you have enough to meet your needs, you will find extra money and time do not increase your happiness. It’s [...]
Podcast: Unwrap Your Greatest Gift In Life
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Tiffany Mason is an international life and relationship coach, speaker and author. She is the founder of Mason Coaching and Consulting, a lifestyle coaching firm where she empowers women to design a meaningful life and marriage. [...]
Podcast: Living Beyond The Wig
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Felicia M Hazzard is contributor to the book HERspectives, Rules and Tools that Build Successful Women: How I Created Work/Life Balance which features her memoir Living Beyond The Wig, the story of her experience living with breast [...]
Podcast: Take The Plunge & Re-Invent Yourself!
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Victoria Hargis is an expert in life transitioning. At age 30 she became a widow and learned her youngest child had a terminal illness, ultimately passing away when he was 13. Victoria then spiraled into a deeper level of grief [...]
Bucket List, Here I Come!
Recently in one of my latest trips to the doctor the topic of discussion was what was new regarding my cancer.
“Karen,” the doctor opened up her conversation, ‘Your cancer has spread to your liver. As it looks you have a few months to [...]
To Every Season
“The Autumn Leaves – drift by my window…” As the leaves turn and the temperature drops, is your autumn half full or half empty?
I have found through the years there are those who love the fall colors, brisk walks, Oktoberfests, [...]
Life: Your Highest Performance Of Function
“Life” charges around your body every second of every day until your last breath on Earth.
Your red blood cells race through thousands of miles of arteries, capillaries and veins. Everything about you thrives toward performance and function.
Blood [...]
Evolving Or Stagnating?
“You can’t wait for inspiration. Sometimes you have to go after it with a club.” ~ Jack London
Self-evolution is the ongoing process of change that allows us to recreate and create from our core. We’re powerful creators and continuously [...]
Hold The Sky: What You Can Do About Personal Grief
During your journey on Earth, you face incredible moments of joy, challenge and discomfort.
You never know where those “moments” may originate or for how long.
In your life, you may face an accident, loss of a loved one, disintegration of [...]
Diagonally Parked In A Parallel Universe: Confusion To Clarity
Confusion dominates American society.
Endless choices cause stress, uncertainty and frustration. Americans gobble painkillers, stomach calming pills and sedatives to relax themselves.
One look at the local news through the week illustrates bewilderment, [...]
Do You Know When to Follow and When to Lead? It Took LeBron 13,322 Days to Learn
Cleveland waited 13,322 days.
For 13,322 days fans held their breath. Four years adds up to 13,322 days of losing, and not being a part of the sports world. The Q, the building where the Cavaliers play, waited 13,322 days to be relevant once [...]
Dealing with Midlife Guilt and Shame
John Bradshaw, the award winning author of “Healing the Shame that Binds You ” says that “shame is the all pervasive sense that [you] are flawed and defective as a human being.”
Guilt, on the other hand, means you have [...]
Podcast: How To Step Out Of Your Own Shadow
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Debbie Pokornik is the Chief Empowerment Officer for Empowering NRG which helps moms who struggle with a hectic home life transform their relationships so they are re-energized and fall back in love with their lives. Debbie [...]
Do You Look Forward To Each Day In Your Life?
When we don’t look forward to something, when we simply don’t enjoy it, we are not living in the present moment.
It’s like life is rushing past us and we feel we are simply waiting for something more interesting to come along. [...]
I Am Not My Hair
Every beautiful woman seems to be concerned about one thing.
Can you guess what that one thing is? No, you may be thinking relationships, work, children, self worth. Yes, she may think bout those things including health. You could say that what [...]
Life Choices: Confidence Versus Insecurity
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this trauma. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must [...]
The Elusive Happiness Factor: How To Discover It
By: Frosty Wooldridge
October 3, 2014 | Comments Off on The Elusive Happiness Factor: How To Discover It
If you look around your community whether you share a schoolroom, workout class or meeting place—someone laughs a lot, smiles and expresses their happiness.
How come some people express happiness while others slog through their days? What [...]
Gossip: The Devil’s Radio
Gossip remains the mainstay of social media, sewing clubs and emails worldwide.
Humans love talking about someone else more than the weather. They choose rumor, tattle-tales, speculation and allegation over facts, truth and reality.
Gossip may [...]
Podcast: Flip Your Script: How To Reinvent Yourself & Live The Dream
By: Thai Nguyen
September 9, 2014 | Comments Off on Podcast: Flip Your Script: How To Reinvent Yourself & Live The Dream
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Professional Re-inventer, Thai Nguyen, is a 5-Star Chef, International Kickboxer, Writer, Speaker, and Mindset-Transformation Coach. Thai was born in Vietnam, his family fled the country after the war, and settled in Australia. [...]
Shakin’ The Salt!
When I first started dating my college sweetheart, I thought his last name was so cute – Bud Peppers. Of course the Beatles popular Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was still popular and I sang it all the time.
Then as graduation [...]
People You Hang With, Teach You
In high school, I played three sports.
I hung with the football jocks, basketball hoopsters and in the spring, track runners.
Later in college, I played tennis, racquetball and learned how to scuba dive.
Each sport featured different kinds of [...]
The Midlife Sage: From Harley-Davidsons To Hostess Ding Dongs
By: Elaine Ambrose
July 14, 2014 | Comments Off on The Midlife Sage: From Harley-Davidsons To Hostess Ding Dongs
In a former life, I rode a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, drank gallons of cold beer, ate greasy chicken wings, and made love at noon in a mountain meadow.
Now I drive an SUV, sip laxative tea, and snack on protein bars. Passion is pleasurable, [...]
Ready To Fight
The pain in my hips was increasing.
Walking, sitting and standing became a difficult if not impossible task. The only thing I was able to do was lay on my stomach on my bed. It was from that position I ate my meals and did my work from my laptop [...]
Productively Take Control Of Your Freedom!
What does having more freedom in your life mean for you?
Is it freedom of time? Freedom of location?Free from financial worries?
Freedom from certain relationships? Freedom from old thoughts repeating and repeating in your mind?
Freedom from [...]
Podcast: THRIVE! Don’t Just Survive
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Ali Bierman, who is known as the Queen of Overcoming as she thrives after two Traumatic Brain Injuries ended life as she knew it. In her altered mind-body, she constantly re-invents herself forging her new path in life. Ali shares [...]
Life Is Full Of Bumps In The Road
In the face of adversity and uncertainty, it is so important to remain “mindful” of how much control you have over your life.
It’s all about perception. What you perceive to be bad, may not be as bad as you think.
One of my [...]
What Good Warriors Know About Self-Compassion
If I were to ask you what you can learn from those who are 100-years-old, what would you say?
Centenarians, otherwise known as Good Warriors, have seen much in their lifetimes and have learned considerably from their experiences. These men and [...]
Just Do It — Advice Not From Nike, But From A Musician
I’m a career mentor. I offer career advice to my subscribers.
I send daily success quotes to them. Annie has finally convinced me that I should do some blog posts in which I explain the quotes and what they mean to me.
The quote for May 2, [...]
Change Your Age And Your Life
Becoming as old as we feel isn’t a myth or an old wives tale; it’s backed by science.
How we feel and think about getting older influences how well we age and how we feel about us. It affects our health and our lives. The good news is that [...]
A Wiser Place To Be
Stress fighter tip: It’s all in our attitude and focus.
It’s amazing just how much our attitude affects all we do. Especially when it comes to handling stress in our lives. The chose we make can either make or break us in the situations [...]
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