The other day I took my love to see Pippin for his birthday. Big mistake not that the show wasn’t wonderful but we were in the middle of Times Square with hundreds of tourists shuffling along.  Basically a New Yorker nightmare. I needed a blast of happiness fast!  Especially because I haven’t done my holiday shopping yet and I am heading into more crowds.  So I started to research the most effective ways to forget your troubles and get happy! ...

What job would give you goose bumps in the morning?  In your mind’s eye what is something that you are willing to go to hell and back for?  It is that thing that you dismiss as unpractical. That thing that would give you purpose and joy! What thing creates a longing that sometimes hurts when you think of it? That one – that crazy stupid red carpet dream Remember this is your dream and no one else. Don’t try to justify...

You’re going to the Holiday feast and it won’t be just one.  Let’s face it you are going to party until you groan out of bed on January first!  That’s quite a few meals and drinks away and I don’t know about you but I have a wedding dress to fit into so I do not want to tip the scales or miss a party in the next few months.  So what can I do here are three wise suggestions. Think About It Do you want to...

I had a strange notion of what gratitude was.  Whenever I thought of gratitude I remembered my mom yelling at me during my teens that I didn’t appreciate anything.  Carrying that forward I missed the point of what gratitude was. I got it mixed up with feeling guilty that I had things.  Fast forwarding to today what I have noticed about gratitude is that it is more about you then anything else. When you look around and notice...

Let’s start off with something really surprising let’s say you don’t have to go to work!   How do you feel pretty surprising isn’t it?  Do you have  anxiety or are you overjoyed. I imagine some of you are getting upset or depressed right now and some of you are getting into a holiday mood.  For the people who are in the holiday mood what will you do on this day off?  Seriously get the pen and paper...