A funny thing has happened since I left my corporate job. I had thought since I was leaving to pursue a calling closer to my heart that it would translate into feeling happier. I thought that spending more time with my kids, more time coaching, more time writing, would mean that I’d be easily blissed […]
Feel Your Joys Like You Feel Your Lows
Sometimes it feels like there is an endless list of things that are going wrong at any given moment. And boy does it seem to help if we can just offload to a pal about it. A good venting session makes us feel lighter…or does it? “I barely slept last night. The baby is […]
Hustle for Your Happiness?
A family member gave me a plaque as a teen that had a picture of a ceramic duck paddling through a pond with a caption that read “Make like a duck: look calm and cool on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath.” I loved it! It was the kind of motivation I needed […]
The Simple Equation for More Joy
As busy parents, we’re always trying to efficientize our moments. Like checking messages in the supermarket line, squeezing in a podcast while walking a few blocks, chomping down lunch while working and texting and managing the kiddo’s meltdown. We jam it all in. No spare moments here. But our “to do” list never really […]