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...

“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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...