Three necessary elements to embrace and maintain a change to your movement schedule.  I would argue that these three elements are...

Sometimes we get bound up in the work tasks, and we forget. Sometimes, we get too focused on the demands at the office, or what the...

Damn Facebook lives, anyway.   I mean, who can possibly live up to the hype and expectations?  How is it not okay to share how life...

Bidding on your new (hopefully!) post is stressful, complicated and an emotional roller coaster. Sharoya and I talk about some of the...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2304981/episodes/15946433 Sharoya and I discuss Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt ...

When was the last time you spent some time being 'unbusy?' When was the last time you had a moment to be, and you left your phone in your...

An internal sense of calm and happiness, a sense of self-acceptance and love, comes from two things: confidence and joy. Confidence is...

Not one but two podcast episodes for you, talking about mammograms. Episode #1 talks about mammograms, working with your Health Unit to...

Last couple of posts have focused on taming that harsh inner critic. This podcast focuses on the same skill set, embracing all of the...

I’m not really, but it kind of feels like it.  To make matters even more meh, we are converging on the worst two moments of Foreign...

College! Application time is just around the corner! Are you ready? Today, talking with my eldest about applying for university,...

I did not write this, but it sticks with me. The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip....

I've been on this planet a long long long time. But I don't feel old. You know why? I love to learn something new, I ask questions, I...

One of the very real stressors of Foreign Service life is the moving.  Again and again, you'll relocate your home which includes likely...

Mother is a verb. And noun. And a person. And a feeling. Mother is comfort, counsel, and care in one. “Not wanting to be dominated...

My mom had many many excellent qualities. She was stubborn as a mule, she could play martyr like the best of them, and she was a...

Listen as I talk a bit about mindfulness, what it is, what it is not, and why it is important for you and for your kids to try to bring...

Procrastinate much? Applies to so many things. Things That Aren’t Doing The Thing Preparing to do the thing isn’t doing the thing....

Everything happens for a reason. Do you believe that? I hear that, and think about some of the awful, big, emotionally-heavy events I...

“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” ~ Rumi Life is loud.  There is rarely a moment in the day when most of us stop...