5 simple steps to your own Negativity Free Zone

What if you started out thinking everything was going to work out okay? Not necessarily wonderful or fantastic (at least at first), but at least okay?

We’re all going to have adversity in out lives. That’s okay. Because Nitzche was right: what doesn’t kill you does make you stronger, and in so many ways (see Malcolm Gladwell’s book David and Goliath).

It can also make you more confident, more successful, and ultimately, happier. Seems like a contradiction, doesn’t it, but wait ~ hear me out.

Here are 5 ways to create and spend more time in your own negativity free zone: Continue reading “5 simple steps to your own Negativity Free Zone”

2 Basic Steps to Make 2016 YOUR Year

Already, and actually for the last couple of weeks, I’m seeing post after post on New Year’s Resolutions ~ in emails, on blogs, and on Facebook ~ and I can totally relate. I, too, find myself feeling that dual edged sword of enthusiasm (hope) and anxiety (fear) that somehow gets magnified with the beginning of the new year.

It’s true that I have a lot of plans for 2016 ~ personal and professional ~ and a lot of projects that I really want to complete. This is my year (that’s practically becoming my mantra). This is my year to finish and launch the audio version of my novel, Shadows Present. This is the year I’m going to finish my first nonfiction title, record it, and publish both. This is the year I’m going to launch and grow my digital product and content creation business, offering products and content that will help people to be happier, to have more love, peace, joy, and success in their lives. This is my year. Continue reading “2 Basic Steps to Make 2016 YOUR Year”

It’s always something (again)

Warning! rant follows: I am so sick and tired of being sick and tired! [End of rant. I know ~ I’m not as good at ranting as I used to be. 😉 ]

So on Sunday morning about 4 o’clock in the morning, without my volition, I found myself visiting the ninth circle of hell. Bloated to the point that I really felt I might explode and in serious pain (as in: I may pass out and/or die). At some point I took a bath ~ twice (yes, really; there’s nothing that a warm bath can’t make better at least for a little while). Continue reading “It’s always something (again)”