Part I: Greater Happiness Through Personal Development
In my last post I covered 3 ways to greater happiness: Personal development. Building relationships. Serving others. These are pretty large categories, so I also included some suggestions for achieving each of these giddy-getting goals: Heal your...
3 Ways to Greater Happiness
About six years ago, in the coziness of my den when our infant son was finally put to sleep, my husband and I watched a documentary that changed the course of our lives. From the comfort of our newly decorated room, adjacent to our completely remodeled kitchen,...
7 Ways to Make Working From Home Work
We’re moving into a new economy. More gig-based. More flex-based. More home-based. As we evolve as human beings, the ways we work, create, produce and collaborate also need to change. Many modern workplaces haven’t caught up (and most schools haven’t either but that’s...
See You at the Crossroads
Have you ever been in a situation where you knew exactly what you needed to do but you still didn’t do it? Maybe you knew you needed to leave a job because it was unfulfilling. Maybe you knew your child needed something but the experts warned against it. Maybe you...
Diving Bell and the Butterfly
My upper back has been strained lately. The most likely culprit is my complete lack of ergonomics when it comes to working on my laptop. I sit in comfortable chairs that quickly turn tortuous as I hunch more and more over my keyboard. The remedy has been two tennis...
They Grow Up So Fast!
As soon as you have a kid, the sentiment (read: warning), “They grow up so fast!” is uttered by every mother, grandmother, and parent who crosses your path. It’s said so often, you start to believe it. It’s as if these people somehow know something different...
WTF @sshole!
Recently, someone I work with talked shit about me to others we work with. This wasn’t just a passing comment or critique. It was part of a systematic smackdown. He was trying to get our team fired and our program dismantled. T he worst part is you wouldn’t know it....
Are You a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?
I got insecure in the 7th grade. Blame it on the hormones and the braces and the awkward phase all budding teens go through. Or maybe it was tied to my parents’ impending divorce. It could have been that as my girlfriends blossomed and matured into young women, I...
A Nightmare on Liberty Hill Road
The first time I gave an oral report, I was in middle school, and I almost lost consciousness. I was an excellent student in the traditional sense. I got straight A’s, was well behaved and followed the rules. So why on earth was I being punished with the evilest, most...
Meet My BFFs
When I became a mom I experienced more joy than ever before. From the first listen of my son's heartbeat in my womb to holding him in my arms after 30 hours of labor, I beamed with a love I'd never known. It's a pretty common occurrence for moms and dads. People who...