Are You on the Successful Side or the Unsuccessful Side?

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How the Five Most Influential People In Your Life Impact Your Aging

I’ve been thinking about relationships a lot this week. Last Monday the HBO documentary was released, “If You’re Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast”.  It featured Tony Bennett, Mel Brooks, Kirk Douglas, Irving Fields, Stan Harper, Norman Lear, Dick Van Dyke and Betty White, among others.  In the film, Carl Reiner asks the question: “What’s the secret […]

Five Lessons Learned From the Geese

Yesterday morning I attended a presentation, hosted by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, on matching resources with needs at a global level.  With newly developed technology and international networking, churches, charities, and donors can be more quickly matched up with needs around the world.  More accurate measurement data can now be compiled to assure  funds given toward these needs […]

How to Ignite the Results You Want

Last weekend I attended “Believe – the Ultimate Business Conference for Women” in Kansas City, MO. With over 1,000 women (and a handful of wise men) and 18 energetic, wildly successful, authentic, open-hearted presenters coming together, the Convention Center rocked with enthusiastic women eager to inspire each other and to learn how to build and […]

Our Deepest Fear – Not

In 2014, Yahoo conducted a survey to identify The Top Ten Fears: Agoraphobia – fear of being trapped, such as a crowded event Trypophobia – fear of irregular patterns of holes or clusters, such as beehives or swiss cheese Xenophobia – fear of people or backgrounds foreign to one’s self Arachnophobia – fear of spiders Coulrophobia […]

Why Are You Afraid of Self-Affirmation?

Over the years I’ve noticed an interesting pattern. Sometimes when a person wants to change a habit or a pattern, s/he is quick to self-judgment and is fearful – yes, fearful – of self-affirmation. Why in the world would anyone be afraid of affirmation? Fear of becoming complacent or lazy “If I acknowledge how successful […]

What Does “Freedom” Really Mean?

Despite the complex challenges we face in our nation and in our world today, as Americans, we pause to celebrate The Fourth of July – our Independence Day. With gratitude, we reflect on . . . what it means to live in freedom. “The Free Dictionary” identifies eleven definitions of freedom. Personal liberty (as from […]