March 20 is International Happiness Day
March 20 is International Happiness Day and it is also International Ravioli Day! Interestingly, eating more ravioli makes me even happier! In my coaching work these last 27 years, I have been teaching that happiness is a choice. It sounds so simple, however, our...
Life is Like a Bowl of Soup
Life is Like a Bowl of Soup A new year has arrived! And I have decided that life is like a bowl of soup. Cooking up a tasty life begins with a few necessary ingredients. We just need to dice up the day, make some preparations, savor the flavors life has served us,...
10 Things I’ve Learned About Gratitude
In a week, we will once again celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. As the name implies, gratitude is especially relevant during this holiday, but as you know, every day can be a day to celebrate gratitude. It's hard to believe, but I began my Happy Blog in...
Connection Between Happiness and Travel
The Surprising Connection Between Happiness and Travel Dr. Thomas Gilovich, a psychology professor at Cornell University, who has studied the connection between money and happiness for over 20 years, has found that spending money on experiences is an amazing...
10 Tips to Survive and Thrive Holidays
10 Tips on How to Survive and Thrive During the Holidays Can you believe that the holidays are here again? It's all happening so fast that I needed to give myself some advice. So I thought I'd share a 10 tips to survive the holidays, from easy shopping to saving your...
Thoughtful Thursday: Mindfulness
Thoughtful Thursday: Mindless to Mindful Mindful-based schools, mindful medicine, mindful childbirth and parenting, mindful coaching, mindful public relations. It seems that the words mindful and mindfulness are on everyone's lips these days, although as a practice,...
Anniversary Contest Winners
As most of you know, I am celebrating 2 milestones this month: 25 years as a coach, and my upgraded website that combined my two 9-year old blogs, with my 13-year old website. My three sites are like my children and they are harmoniously in the same family now living...
25 Year Coaching Anniversary Contest
25 Year Coaching Anniversary Contest It's my 25th year of a very sweet career! Please celebrate with me! I bring gifts! I began my journey and life's work as a coach and happiness/beliefs expert and Option Method teacher 25 years ago. It has evolved over the years. I...
Live your sweet life Video
How do YOU live your sweet life, la dolce vita? One important thing for me is to spend time out in nature every day. I asked my friend, and author, Marci Shimoff how she lived la dolce vita. To find out, just check out this short video we did while walking the wooded...
Creativity is Dangerous: 3 Hours of Saying Yes
Creativity is Dangerous. Creativity is dangerous to the ego, like revealing your stomach in a bikini, like falling in love with a bad boy. I took my first painting class and it was with our local art gallery owner, Bill Teeple. A group of us went for a...
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