Please answer the following questions:
Is your cell phone bill out of this world?
Are boxes of cereal gone within a matter of hours at your house?
Does a member of your family have a flair for theatrics (i.e. incredibly dramatic and/or moody)?
Are you awake till the wee morning hours, restlessly listening for the front door to open?
If [...]

Have you ever asked yourself the question, “Why does life have to be so hard?” No matter our race or creed, adversity is imminent – if not already in plain view. It’s just a fact of life. Challenges come in many different forms. For some it could be the death of a loved one, [...]

Have you ever failed miserably at something? I’m sure if I were sitting across from you now I’d see you nodding your head…just like me. Failure is something that we all experience from time to time and let’s be honest, its no fun to fail. In fact, it really blows! Truth be told, if we [...]

1. Nix the golden rule. Ya know that lame proverbial saying – do unto others as you would have them do unto you – forget it. Being “nice” is for the weak. Besides, how will you ever get ahead if you’re so absorbed in how other people feel? Just keep plugging along and stomping on [...]

A couple of years ago, my dear mother returned to college after about a 25+ year hiatus. As the mother of 7 and a seasoned homemaker, stepping back into the student role was to say the least, uncomfortable for her. I want to relate a brief conversation that she had when she ran into a [...]

In the book Alice in Wonderland is a profound exchange between two of the story’s characters; Alice, the little girl who’s found herself lost in the forest and the Cheshire Cat – a strange feline who intermittently appears during Alice’s jaunt in Wonderland. Their brief conversation goes as follows:
“Would you tell me, please, which way [...]

Here are some questions I’d like you to answer. Be honest now!
1- Have you exercised in the last week?
2- Have you learned or created something new today?
3- Do you regularly meditate or ponder something meaningful (e.g. values, purpose, relationships)?
4- Have you had a meaningful and uplifting social interaction with someone today? (Anything on-line DOES NOT [...]

Who wants to be a millionaire? Well, let’s say I offer you just that – 1 million dollars to cross a plank that is connecting two buildings. They are several hundred feet high and about 30 feet apart. And just to let you know, this tends to be a very windy area and the board [...]

You like pizza? I looooove pizza. A great big, cheesy pizza with soft fluffy crust covered with lots of pepperoni, peppers, mushrooms – no anchovies please. Anyway, imagine you’re standing in your office break room, you’ve forgotten lunch, and this delectable pizza is sitting on the table, hot and ready to be eaten. The problem [...]