When Vanity Impacts Your Ability to Age Gracefully There are times when watching a cooking show preparing an oven-roasted chicken and life seem to coincide. I watched the progression of steps taken to prepare the chicken. Begin by rinsing the chicken, then pat dry with a paper towel. The chef neatly tied the legs and wings with twine…

Disconnecting Stress in Your Life Who in the world has stress today? Raise your hands. I would be fibbing if I told you — Not me. Managing stress is really all about stress management and it is important for everyone in our hectic world these days. Take a moment to notice if you, like me…

How many times have you looked at someone’s life from the outside and they seemed so perfect, well…blessed? Everything goes their way. All the opportunities just show up. Then, you look at your life, and it just doesn’t measure up. Even though we shouldn’t compare ourselves to others, we do…

As I write my post, the sky is giving a show of beautiful baby blue, pinks and coral hues of the last rays of the sun progressing into dusk. …

Going from the warm and cozy kitchen fragranced with homemade bread and brownies, to the freezing cold garage was a bit of a shock. I pressed the glowing red ‘open’ button on the garage door opener, and I flicked on the outside light that lit the driveway. …

There have been a few times in my life when I’ve jumped head first into a decision without really over-analyzing the situation *like I normally do*. Instead, I went with my “gut instinct”. In those times I often wondered, “How the h*ll did I do that?” …

Falling In Place What does serendipity + a cumulation of experience & energy = ? This is an equation that has brought some to the hamster wheel of never realizing the dreams they would like in life. …

Permission to Dream Do dreams interfere with reality? When do you stop chasing the “easy fix” to your life? When do you actually begin to chase your dreams instead of being responsible? Many times our dream life vs our life in reality can be majorly different. But why is that? Why do we…

Love is Not a Season mixed media love, love? love! Love… LOVE. There have been thousands of books written on the subject of love. From William Shakespeare, the Brontë sisters to Nicholas Sparks, a romance novel expounds the trials and tribulations of love. Everyone wants to experience the feeling of love and being loved. …