How Are You REALLY Doing?

How Are You REALLY Doing?

Reading Time: 3 minutes How are you Doing?  No, how are REALLY doing? This is a question or a version of this question that gets asked A LOT in my household.  How are you?  Are you okay?  The trick and big difference is to give this question and its answer enough time...
My Gratitude Practice

My Gratitude Practice

Reading Time: 3 minutes I read a lot of self-help books and heard for years the recommendation to focus on being and feeling grateful.  I tried several times to keep a gratitude journal.  I am an Upstander, so once I decide to do something, I usually follow through. ...
Who Do I Want To Be? Part 2

Who Do I Want To Be? Part 2

Reading Time: 3 minutes I had a few questions and comments on the visual I put at the top of my last article.  My normal process is to write and then when it is done, I look for a picture or image to go with it.  I had seen this image before writing the article but...
Who Do I Want To Be? Part 2

Who Do I Want To BE?

Reading Time: 4 minutes I know you have not heard from me in a while.  Like most of you, I have been adjusting and processing and trying to handle the dramatic changes in all of our lives with the current pandemic.  I feel like just now, I am starting to feel able to...
Making Better Decisions

Making Better Decisions

Reading Time: 3 minutes I have always been the type to over analyze and try to optimize every decision I make.  I over-think most of my decisions.  I remember when I was a child having to find out the weather so I could decide on my clothes for the next day.  I also...