Hello! I truly hope you have been doing well. I know it’s been a few months since my last post, so I just wanted to check in and give a quick update. I’ll cut right to the chase. 2020 has sucked. Hard. In fact, I’d refer to it as a…
I get it… life is tough. We all have had to face difficulties in our lives. Whether it’s relationship issues, health struggles, career problems, or financial difficulties… hardship is inevitable. Having the ability to triumph over adversity is what separates the successful from the struggling. What if I told you…
How many times have you heard the old saying “If at first, you don’t succeed try, try again?” When Thomas Palmer penned that famous proverb back in 1840 it was initially used to encourage American schoolchildren to do their homework. Today, it is a popular metaphor used in motivational posters,…
“Well, a friend in need is a friend indeed.” – Edgar Bergen At some point in your life, someone you care about is going to need your support. Whether it’s emotionally, physically, spiritually, mentally, or even financially… it’s inevitable. Like it or not, it’s bound to happen, and yet,…
“When you have had a taste of excellence, you cannot go back to mediocrity.” —Maximillian Degenerez I often get asked one very personal… but universal question: What does it take to be successful? Over the years, I’ve often thought about that very question and how it relates to my own…
This past week has been extremely challenging – mentally, physically, and emotionally. As all empaths know, hyper-charged emotional situations always lead to absolute exhaustion. I’m drained. After the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Valentines Day, I witnessed social media literally become a battleground. Part of what makes us…
Welcome to 2018! I wanted to write a quick blog post to say hello and offer a few insights into why I’m fairly adamant about NOT following the hallowed tradition of setting New Year’s resolutions. How many times have you promised to lose weight? Stop smoking? Stop drinking? Or even learn…
Do you feel it? The emotions of those around you. Wikipedia defines empathy as “the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within the other person’s frame of reference, i.e., the capacity to place oneself in another’s position. There are many definitions for empathy that encompass…
“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” – Dalai Lama XIV According to the the Merriam Webster dictionary, being selfless means “having or showing great concern for other people and little or no concern for yourself.”…