I hate to be vulnerable. To anything. To anyone. But I've learned, vulnerability is the essential ingredient to living a beautiful life....wholeheartedly. So when you have 20 minutes or so, watch this video. It is so worth it.
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Support Someone Who Needs It Most
At a crucial moment, sometimes something unexpected can go wrong. And when it happens, it's difficult to stand alone. See how supporting others during this time can be uplifting and affirming that life is more than laughing at other's misfortune and that love and support conquers all.
Learn: How To Carve A Turkey
Whether you are carving up a roaster from the grocery store or Boston Market, to slicing the Thanksgiving turkey, here are a couple of tips on best ways to serve or plate up a bird.
Learn: How To Tolerate Uncertainty – Sort Of
Being able to tolerate anything is difficult because it requires us to go outside of our comfort zones and show patience and kindness to whatever it is that really irritates us. When you add the fear or anxiety factor of handling uncertainty, it makes the whole idea of “tolerating uncertainty” almost too much to...
Learn: How To Handle Stupid Criticism
There’s good criticism, and then there’s the bad. Constructive criticism feels like help, sounds like help, and is kind and gentle. It usually comes from a place of great care and concern in either wanting to help you improve or save you from possible embarrassment, hurt, or pain. Then, there’s that stupid kind. The...
I Am Vanilla
A few months ago I met a friend who, when seeing me for the first time after a period of absence, said “I saw something at Starbucks that reminded me of you.” What? How Sweet! Needless to say I was very curious. I knew Starbucks had all sorts of coffee mugs, gift merchandise, and...
True Riches
“No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. ” —Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist
A Way To Any Woman's Heart
What’s the mystery of finding true love? Better yet, what is the way to a woman’s heart? Chocolate? Flowers? Compliments? Attention? Some men (and women) think it’s a big huge puzzle that has to be spread out on the table and filled in over time. Some may think a way to someone’s heart is...
How to have an AHA Moment
Sharon Begley (Newsweek.com) wrote an amazing article on how the brain works when people have their little epiphanies….aha moments….revelations…whatever you want to call it. What I found most interesting from her “lab notes” is that the ones who solved problems quicker, with less strain, are the ones who relax mentally and don’t get all...
Don’t Have Time To Blog? Love to text? Twitter.
Micro-blog with Twitter from your cell phone. Yes, if you can text from your mobile phone, you can blog and let everyone know what’s going on with you or fill your peeps in on funny things you overhear or see as you move about your day. Twitter is a free widget you can place...