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What is Your Calming Down Ritual?

What do you do when you’re tired, irritable, and need to relax?

December 19, 2007

Awareness: How You Live is Who You Are

I’m always amazed at what people say about themselves sometimes, and how that really contrasts with what they do. What’s the quote? Something about what you do speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you say.

That sentiment means so much to me, because I know that in spite of wanting to be generous, patient, compassionate, and thoughtful, I am often selfish, impatient, intolerant and closed-minded.

December 17, 2007

Work/ Life Balance: A Presidential Campaign Issue?

Entrepreneur.com posted an article titled Work/Life Balance Heads to the Polls. In this article it states that 60% of people polled think that the next

December 16, 2007

How to Live a Sweet Life

Sweet Life:

In Harmony. Balanced. Mental and emotional stability and serenity.

Free of discord. No contradictions. No inconsistencies between the beliefs and values one holds and one’s actions.

Want to live a sweet life? Find out exactly how to do it in my post

December 12, 2007

Personal Development: Moving Outside Your Comfort Zone

When we talk about “comfort zones” in self-help, we’re not talking about the temperatures between 67 and 75, or wherever the comfort zone on your thermostat lies. But that comfort zone is a good starting place, actually.

December 11, 2007

6 Ways for Effecting Change in Your Life

We all deal with change, well or poorly, every day. The challenge for most of is not so much that we have change to deal with, but how well we manage it. Managing change well means less stress, less work, and more time to feel content, joyful, and fulfilled.

December 10, 2007

The Perfect Personal Development Gift for the Holidays

Today, my gift to you is a gift suggestion for those folks who live, eat, and breathe personal development, and/or for those hoping to achieve their New Year’s resolutions in 2008.

December 8, 2007

Financial Planning Gets a Makeover from Financial Consultant, the Coaching Industry

David Bohl and Karen Ellenbecker team up to help Americans take a more active role in their finances and investment futures. In the past ten

December 5, 2007

Small Business Trends Column: Will Amazon “Kindle” a New Lifestyle Trend?

Amazon has made the new Kindle eBook reader. Various reviews and opinions mostly mixed. You either love it or you hate it.

November 28, 2007

Balance Your Life Simply By Changing Your Attitudes and Beliefs

“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.” ~ William James If you’ve got

November 23, 2007

Latest Guest Appearance on ‘Money Sense’ Radio Show

Guest spot appearance on ‘Money Sense’ radio show with host Karen Ellenbecker. This can be heard in the greater Milwaukee area Saturday, November 17th for

November 16, 2007

Life Balance: Why Following Rules Is Liberating

I’m very big on rules. I don’t always obey the speed limit, and sometimes I ignore the sign that says “please return carts here,” and put them by a curb instead. But other than that, I’m pretty much a rule follower – I conform not only when I have to, but because it’s often the ‘right thing’ to do.

November 13, 2007

Business and Life: Build Values that You Can Be Proud Of

From Susan K. Wehrley’s book “The Power To Believe,” here are 18 spiritual practices to claim your life: Dare to be different, passionate, love with

November 7, 2007

Change: Too Close to See Your Progress

Have you ever made a big change in your life, but noticed that those around you don’t seem to have noticed?

November 6, 2007

Time Management and Balance: Waste More Time

Having had a life in which every minute “counted” and I spent almost all of my waking hours working, I’m grateful for the time I can waste.

November 5, 2007

The Myth of Productivity

Have you ever had a productivity study done where you work? They’re kind of funny, if they’re not being inflicted on you. The idea is that you can measure how “productive” someone is, and tell them how to maximize the use of their time and be “more productive.”

The problem is that productivity is not objective.

November 2, 2007

Are Self-Growth and Self-Acceptance Mutually Exclusive?

I’m very big into self-growth, and sometimes people ask me, as a professional coach and lifestyle mentor, how I can promote both self-acceptance and self-growth. If I accept myself, they say, I don’t need to grow, and if I need to grow, how can I accept myself?

November 1, 2007

Getting Things Done – Take a Walk

Have you ever found yourself sitting at your desk, maybe first thing in the morning or right after lunch, and just not feeling functional? Many people call this “can’t get motivated,” but I really think of it as not being able to function correctly. My brain won’t go into gear, I can’t get started on anything, and when I do get started, I can’t keep going.

October 31, 2007