Once again life has presented a change in my best made plans. When we sold our dream home four years ago and moved from Charlotte to Houston – I knew I was in for a big life adventure. While it was a bittersweet move because of leaving all my...
When is the last time you perused self-help books on Amazon? From “You Are a Badass” to the longtime best seller “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” the world of expert advice for self-improvement grows bigger every year. Sadly, a lot of the...
What is love? Is it an emotion? Is it a choice we have to make every day? Is it an emotionless commitment we make to someone to stand by them through thick and thin? Is it a euphoric feeling associated with infatuation? Like you, I love a lot of...
As of February 2018, the Berlin Wall has been down for as long as it stood dividing East Germans from West, 28 years. The guarded concrete wall which divided the city of Berlin only served to remind both sides of their war ravaged past. Loved ones...
Have you ever awaken from a traumatic, scary dream to find your heart pounding fast, your breathing accelerated and your stomach in knots? Most of us have experienced this a few times in our life and upon waking, we repeatedly tell ourselves “it was...
Naked as a jaybird, the emperor proudly paraded his “new clothes” for all the people to admire. Completely intoxicated by his own ego, he insisted everyone congratulate him on his newly acquired look and while they knew he looked completely...
Locked in her room by her two evil stepsisters, Cinderella discovered something amazing. Instead of rolling up in a ball, crying and allowing her heart to fill with hatred towards her tormentors, she danced around the room with her broom and sang...
I am almost sixty years old. The idea of that number seriously blows my mind – you know that delusional mind which still thinks I’m in my thirties, until I take a really close look at myself in my 10x magnified mirror. Woah! Talk about a reality...
“How was your year?” she asked. And that started me thinking (danger zone, I know). My year, I thought to myself, was filled with ups and downs, really cool moments and some not so cool. I crossed a few things off my bucket list – parasailing...
Where you’re born? No choice. Parents who raise you? No choice. Your DNA and genes? No choice. The culture and belief system you are exposed to? No choice. Each of us is born with a fully malleable brain hungry for input. The input you receive...