Work and Life Balance

It happens to all of us.  Someone has a suggestion, or maybe a passing comment in a conversation that is really great advice but for whatever reason we don’t do anything with it.  It’s too much work, it might not work, it’s too weird, we just can’t be bothered ….  For me it’s meditating.  I…

In this day and age I know that it might not be politically correct to actually wish people Merry Christmas, we have become more of a Happy Holiday’s nation, but it just doesn’t feel quite the same.  So weather you celebrate Christmas or not, I wish you all the best for a wonderful day tomorrow…

As you are on the home stretch for Christmas this week and likely trying to do it with the kids home from school, chances are things are getting a bit nutty for you.  Or at least they are for me and I am hoping that I am not alone in this.  It has been a…

According to Neilsen research, on average people watch 31 hours of TV a week.  What the hell people?!  And then people wonder why there isn’t enough time in the day and they can’t get ahead in life.  9 more hours and it would be like having a second full time job. Speaking of jobs and the…

Malcolm Gladwell is a great writer.  He is able to relay very relevant information in such a way that it captures your attention and makes the process of reading his book very enjoyable. He is also the author of the Tipping Point and Blink. In Outliers, Malcolm researches what is really behind successful people and how…

My sister in law, Suzanne, is incredibly creative.  She makes these amazing scrap books for the kids that are so thoughtfully put together with all sorts of fun embellishments.  She has started a tradition that she does one for each of her nieces and nephews and they get it on their 16th birthday.  They always…

When the boys were babies I was really  caught up in proving to myself and the world  that I could do it all.  Yes, I had a child, but I could still do just as much business as I have ever done.  So we got a nanny and off to work I went.  I would…

I am so honored to have Allison Simson with Summit Real Estate in Dillon, Colorado contribute to the Ninja Moms blog with her interview this month.  Not only was she recommended by Larry Kendall himself, so you know that she is a true Ninja, but she was so completely honest and open in her responses.  Here…

Three weeks ago when the weather started to change and the leaves were swirling on the ground in the wind I thought it was wonderful.  The briskness in the air, the colors of the leaves, I even didn’t mind  the rain.  Two weeks ago cold and flu season hit and not I think fall friggin’…

Esther Hicks who writes the Art of Allowing books by Abraham had a great insight the other day as I was listening to one of her cd’s.  She labeled the Law of Attraction as the Art of Telling a different story.  That is so true! We are all so caught up in our stories and…