Does the following sentence send a chill down your spine? The holidays are coming. If reading that made you break out in a cold sweat, then you’re like a lot of folks who find it difficult to be jolly when the holidays are crammed down your throat. What if you could actually have a good…

Social relationships play an important role in our quality of life and our emotional health. While having a lot of friends can be nice, the quality and depth of those relationships is far more important than the quantity. If you have a large social circle, but all of the relationships you have formed are light…

If finances are tight, you may be worrying about how to make the holiday season special for your loved ones while sticking to your budget. Offer yourself the gentle reminder that the holidays are really about love, not money, and that the gift of your time is truly the most precious thing you can offer…

Hopefully you won’t roll your eyes at this blog post the way I used to roll my eyes at my mother when she was doling out her sage advice. When I was growing up, I was quite certain my mother knew absolutely nothing and I knew absolutely everything. Her advice would go in one ear…

If you’ve heard the term mindfulness but have never been properly introduced to the concept, you may wonder exactly what it means. Jon Kabat Zinne defines it as, “Paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally.” The practice of mindfulness can improve your experience of life dramatically. It is so…

How is Coaching Different from Therapy? Therapy focuses on healing and unresolved psychological issues of the past.Coaching begins with the “now” and assists clients in setting very clear, and specific goals that they want to achieve in the future. A common misconception is that coaching and therapy is the same, when they are in fact…