Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life

Giving Back, Gratitude, Helping Hand

LESSONS IN GRATITUDE FROM THE CAN-LADY

  What began as a typical Thursday became a life-changing moment that nearly brought me to my knees. I was up early, preparing our daughter’s breakfast before school, racing to run the dog out, rushing to get ready for work as a health coach and writer in NYC and had a brief, but not uncommon, squabble about money with my husband. The financial frustration the American middle-class feels is alive and kicking in our home. Our oldest is getting married,… Read More

Friendship, Giving Back, Goodness, Gratitude, Happiness

I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

Ego, Giving Back, The Right Stuff

If you want to call attention to your good deed then it isn’t a good deed, it’s a self-serving one. Why? Not only have you patted yourself on the back but you’re fishing for others to do the same.

Forgiveness, Giving Back, Goodness, Gratitude, Hanging In There

GRATITUDE: LOST AND FOUND

Many years ago, I found myself at Disneyland under duress.  Yeah, yeah, it’s the Happiest Place on Earth and I’m fortunate enough to live an hour away from it and it always made my son so happy when we went but this was just one of those rainy, dark Saturdays when the Happiest Place on MY Earth was the couch in the living room, a book and the dogs on my lap and “Dirty Dancing” on TV. Woe to Princess… Read More

Giving Back, Goodness, The Right Stuff

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.