The day my eleven-year-old came up to me and said she might need to be on a diet, I about cried. Where had I gone wrong? She lifted up her shirt to show me that she can pinch a bit of skin, and that was the sign to her that she had to lose some […]
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I’m Not Dead Yet
THEN… When it all started to go wrong is the day I decided that I did not look beautiful anymore. Never mind the fact that I had given birth to four wonderful children, two of them being a set of twins. Never mind the fact that I was still in my prime. Never mind the […]
Mama, may I, pretty please?!?!?!
Can I versus May I? As a family we have revisited this lesson many times, and today I just thought that I would share it here as well. In business, and in life, it is always better to be clear about what you need. CAN I / CAN YOU – Yes it is a valid […]
Three Essential Guidelines Before You Resolve
The Year of the Monkey is upon us, welcome 2016!! In Japanese a monkey is a saru (さる), and in the zodiac the monkey sign is known as the erratic genius of the bunch. So hold on to your hats 2016 is going to be a wild ride with the monkeys in charge. Resolutions. Do you buy in, or […]
Breakthroughs in the Rain to Bound and Determined
Recently a really good rain storm was brewing and I wanted to go on a walk. So I gave Matt the puppy dog eyes and as we exited he said, “I wonder if we will make it to the end of the block before the downpour begins.” We did not make it. However, we had […]
Saying NO!
Saying no can be very easy when it is something you don’t want. But what about those times when you really want something and you have to say no? We have all experienced the dreaded DELAYED GRATIFICATION. Today, I really paused when I had to give up something right now that I really want. It […]
Is it just mindset?
Recently a Facebook friend posted the following status update: As I browsed the comments that were starting to light up the post, it lit up something in me. Many answers were at most a sentence long. As if a person’s journey could be condensed into so few words. There were words like mindset, attitude, passion, […]