March 20 is International Happiness Day

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

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,...

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...
Growing Older and Wiser

Growing Older and Wiser

I’m in a writing group that meets weekly. This post is from today’s session. Our group writes based on the book by Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones. The premise is that one of us throws out a phrase, an idea or word and we begin writing in a stream...
Flying Out of Your Comfort Zone

Flying Out of Your Comfort Zone

As usual, Italy inspires me to add more things to my sweet life! Rejuvenated and inspired from my Italy Retreat for Women, I was ready to step outside my comfort zone. After attending my regular yoga class, the yoga teacher introduced a visiting yoga teacher, Whaka...