This past March, I was honored to share the EconoMe stage with a host of excellent speakers. Among them, Julien Saunders. I was blown away by his 10-minute talk, centered around the idea of embracing conflict. When we hear the words “embrace conflict” we might think of...
My friend Ana is a mindfulness and yoga teacher. You know, one of those people who’s as likely to say “Be gentle with yourself” as “Have a nice day” in casual conversation and seem totally sincere about it. I spoke to her the other day and...
One of the effects of the coronavirus is that it's forcing us all to evaluate what we really NEED. What do our kids NEED to be able to learn? How much food and paper products do we NEED to feel secure? And yes, how much...
If you're like me, the coronavirus has you a bit on edge. (That may be an understatement...
This is part 3 in a blog series called "4 Questions to a Happier Day." Feel free to go back to Part 1 and Part 2. In my never-ending quest to "get stuff done," self care is usually the first item to slip off my agenda....
*This is part 2 in a series called "4 Questions for a Happier Day." Was I kind to myself? This question is written in red in a tiny flip notebook on my dresser. I look at it at the end of each day and ask...
Despite what we tell everyone, most of us are not having a good day. Now, before you disagree with me, let me introduce you to my friend Nichole. Nichole is a beautiful, accomplished 46-year-old mom and entrepreneur. Yet the other day she told me that she goes...
Last weekend there was a mass shooting in my city. Sadly, that sentence is one that many Americans can relate to. And like all of them, I never thought I’d have to say it. So for this week’s blog, I simply couldn’t write about decluttering your...
I've been an on-and-off insomniac for much of my adult life. It started my first year of teaching, when I spent nights anxiously rewriting lesson plans in my head, trying to create the most whiz-bang learning experience of my students' lives. (Little did I know,...
My mom is a professional wild kitten tamer. Now, I don't believe any kittens have ever paid her to professionally tame them, but if the opportunity arose, she's got it down to a science. Here’s her bona fide 4-step strategy: Place wild kitten on lap, preferably...
