Are you a glass half empty or a glass half full kind of person? For me, it depends on the day, but I try to be a glass half-full girl. According to Michele Promaulayko, editor-in-chief of Women’s Health Magazine, in her July/August 2009 Letter from the Editor, “brightsiding – routinely finding the silver lining, even [...]
How often do you ask for help? Really think about it. Is it something that comes easy for you or do you try to do everything yourself? In examining the chaos that has often been my life over the last several years I’ve learned that I have a hard time asking for help and there [...]
Happy almost Fourth of July! I’m on vacation in hot and humid Texas enjoying quality time with my family including all of my siblings, their spouses and their children. It’s crazy, but fun. I know many of you are probably on vacation too or preparing for the long weekend, but when Sunday rolls around you’ll be [...]
I recently participated in a workshop where I was challenged to do something nice for myself for one week. When we met again the following week we received another round of homework beginning with the same assignment - do something nice for yourself every day this week. Week two was more challenging than week one and [...]
I read an interesting study today from The Mayo Clinic researchers who discovered that those with the highest optimism ranking (at the start of the study)had a 19% better chance of still being alive after 30 years. Other than restricted calorie intake, no other single protocol has been able to produce such significant results. In [...]
