There’s power in the pause.

Thank you to my friend, Ami Lloyd, for sending me this quote earlier in the week with the message, “I thought of you when I saw this. You glow from within.”    If you needed to see this today, I hope it reminds you:   Don’t let go of your glow.   Last week, I [...]

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Life Upgrades: 5 Things I’m Loving Right Now

*** Every few months, I look around at my life and notice all of the discoveries, practices and experiences I’ve adopted that make my life better.  In 2020, most people I know are up for a few suggestions to uplift their lives, and I love to pay it forward and share what I know. So, [...]

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Remember: You always have the power to create your life story.

Just in case you need it this week: So, go ahead and save that in your phone.  Even better? Write down your answers — seeing them amplifies the feelings you have when you think about them.  I’ve got more than a meme coming your way this fall to upgrade your life and remember that you [...]

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Shots for everyone. I’m buyin’.

Zumba @  ClubSport: “Shots” … and two things:   1) Doesn’t the instructor look like Martina Navratilova?  2) I’ve always enjoyed dancing to some of the nastiest, grinding songs ever in classes  where I know some of the people in that room would not stand for it in any other environment : ) .  *  [...]

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The Miracle of Play

I don’t usually throw my days away in a basket like that, but when you start thinking bad things come in 3s, and wonder why you’re getting a 6-pack instead … that’s where you land sometimes. Life threw me some challenges, but that didn’t stop me from the one job I gave myself when I [...]

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My Seven Favorite Things in March

Every month, I share seven things, ideas, places or products that have enhanced my life in some way. Maybe something I offer will add more beauty or ease to your life. Take a look… 1. Dermaplaning  People offer kind compliments about my skin from time to time, and ask me how I take of it. I [...]

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Stop canceling joy

  Recently, I went to my friend Jeff’s indoor cycling class at my gym. It was a regular old Tuesday in the winter —  grey and rainy outside — the kind of day where you could find plenty of reasons to stay in or crawl back under the covers.   I love this class, though, [...]

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February’s Seven Favorite Things

  Most of the time, I come here to offer you a new perspective, encouragement or inspiration with my words. It’s fun to change it up once a month and share some goods and services that I use in my day-to-day life in hopes that you’ll also love one (or more) of them. Actually, in [...]

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I came to play.

Play. Playing. Playtime. Downtime. Goofing around. Daydreaming. For a lot of you, I know this might be the LAST thing you are thinking about. To quote one of my favorite lines of poetry: “The world is too much with us.” It feels that way to a lot of people, I know, and not just because [...]

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