Imagine if you are sitting in a room staring at a wall. It isn't much of a view. However if you just shifted to the side ( just a little bit) you would now be looking out the window seeing trees, birds... a much more pleasant view. You didn't do much - but that small change shifted the entire perspective of the world around you. Sometimes all we need to do to see beauty, to change our 'view' is simply to change our perspective. If we wake up feeling down or frustrated if we

As I travel or even get ready for the day, I listen to a lot of podcasts. In fact one of my favorite ones are the biographies of famous people - stars, business owners , leaders. I love hearing from them because I can learn. I learn about their mistakes and messages and lessons One of the things I hear over and over is the idea that success does not come come overnight. None of them got fame and recognition immediately. It took (for most) years. And many of them only found

As I was planning my week, the quote I came across was: "What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" this is not a new quote, but today it rang loudly for me. What would I do if I knew I could not fail..... So many times I think we hold back. We have a vision and dream, but we talk ourselves out of it. Why? Maybe it is fear. Maybe we don't feel worthy ( I know I struggle with that one). Maybe we worry about what others would think of us. Regardless - w

Many of us are seeing our kids go back to school. We are watching them and encouraging them to get back into routine, to be ok with having set times for specific tasks/subjects in school and also blocking time for homework. Summer is over and it is time to get back to 'work" We expect out kids to do this so they have good habits for the future, so they can get the right things done and get into a good college. hmmmmmmmm…. could we maybe learn something from all this? Maybe