Self-Improvement: Simple Things You Can Do to Improve Your Life

So many people talk with me about the “big” things that are stressful.  Often, it is the “little” things, however, that either contribute to the problems or prevent the individual from coping with them.  Following are ten things that you can do to keep the stress in your life to a minimum:

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Book Review: Look Great Feel Great – 12 Keys to Enjoying a Healthy Life Now

“Look Great Feel Great – 12 Keys to Enjoying a Healthy Life Now”, written by Joyce Meyer is available in hard cover and audio book formats.  The author begins by describing what she terms “America’s Self-Respect Crisis” and then outlines twelve keys to developing self-respect.
Ms. Meyer who has been in

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Book Review: The Language of Letting Go

The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie was first published in June 1990 is part of the Hazelden Meditation Series but continues to be one of the books that I most often refer to clients.
Ms. Beattie, who is also the author of other books

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Self-Improvement: How Can You Experience Adventure Without Leaving Your Area or Spending Money?

We are living in a world that places time, energy and financial demands on us.  At the same time, we have probably more opportunity than ever to add a little adventure into each day without spending money or leaving town.  Following are twenty ideas that you can do right now:

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Food is Fuel for Your Brain

I love desserts.  In fact, ice cream for breakfast would suit me just fine.
Over the years, however, I have had to face the fact that we truly “are what we eat” and if we are only eating foods that hold empty calories without good energy we are in trouble. 
Imagine that instead of filling your gas [...]

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Christmas Expectations!

A few years ago, I travelled to Vancouver to take some voice lessons from Juno nominee, Kate Hammett-Vaughan.  The first evening we didn’t sign a note.  Instead we sat in her livingroom and drank tea while we talked.
 
I had a journal with me and wrote down every word that this woman said. 

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Rock a Bye Baby!

Don’t think of elephants?
 
What are you thinking about?   Elephants, right?
 
Frequently I hear clients who repeatedly state “I can’t sleep”.  They don’t realize that our brains tend to do what they hear and by saying this, we actually invite the body to stay awake.  There are a number of factors which can initially interfere with [...]

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Be Well-Seasoned In Your Life

I’ve loved food my whole life.  I love buying groceries, looking at weekly flyers and taste testing new recipes.  I love restaurants and invitations to friends’ for dinner and eating at home.  I love lunch and dinner but mostly I love snacks.  Ice cream cones, cookies, cheese cake, pies, rice pudding, chocolate covered almonds, muffins, [...]

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Sports Psychology

I’m not much of an athlete but I have been described by others as being “a good sport”.  That has more to do with my attitude than my ability.
 
Over the past few decades the combination of Psychology and sports has become big business.  Teams and individuals frequently seek out the services of a psychologist to [...]

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Living in the Moment

Place your palms together tightly with your hands pointing in a vertical position. This is a universal symbol for prayer or spirituality.
Pretend that between your palms is this very moment – today. To the left is your past and to the right is your future. Sometimes people focus on the past, especially on the problems [...]

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