Valentine's Day is on the horizon: What better time to reflect on what your heart truly desires. Whether personal or professional, romantic or spiritual, if you have it already, be sure to celebrate it. If not, maybe it’s time to…
Most of us understand the importance of an ergonomic, or properly aligned, workspace -- especially when we're working from home. A kitchen table and chair just don't cut it. The good news is that by making tiny changes aligned with…
I awoke in the night with an earworm. That’s kind of a gross term for a common phenomenon: Getting a song stuck in your head. At first, I found it extremely ‘earritating,’ pardon the pun. Pieces of it kept going…
It’s January, which for many of us is ‘return season.' Time to pack up the gifts you can’t use or don't like and return or exchange them. I've spent hours in those lines myself. But this year I’m wondering: If…
After months of sheltering at home, we may feel like caged birds right now. Yet, before Corona clipped our wings, we often lived in cages of our own making -- flying through our days without much joy, connection, or meaningful…
What’s the common denominator of nearly every major health issue? Stress, stress, and more stress. Right now, we may like to blame Coronavirus for all this stress. But it could be a consequence of a way of life we’ve come…
As marketed by a cheesy commercial in the late seventies, a real woman’s greatest achievement was to “bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never, ever let you forget you’re a man.” Disturbingly, five decades later…
If you’re a boater or a fan of SpongeBob SquarePants, you know what a barnacle is. These sticky, little sea creatures attach themselves to unsuspecting surfaces, like turtle shells where they can cause health problems and boat hulls, where they…
Nature, nurture and now what? Modern researchers continue to debate over how much our genes vs. our experiences influence who we become. But the most significant sidebar to this conversation is the fact that we can change the outcome through the…
If you’re reading this, you’re probably not a narcissist. Why? Because you’re looking to improve something in your life. Unlike a narcissist, you value self-reflection, take responsibility for your behavior, and are willing to make changes—if you want different results…