Career Counseling vs. Passion Counseling
on Nov 20, 2009Recently, I have been seeing a lot of clients for career counseling. I have a love/hate relationship with career counseling.  On one hand, I am extremely passionate about careers. I started my counseling career doing career counseling and have a...

Live Happier Tip: Move your Body
on Nov 19, 2009 in Live Happier Body Awareness Yes, we are back to basics this week for the Live Happier Tip: Move your Body.  Before you freak out about lack of time, no money to join a gym etc.  I am not talking about engaging in a 2 hour daily workout (if you enjoy that and want to d...

If it's so good for me, why doesn't everyone do it?
on Nov 18, 2009 in Live Happier Expressing Emotions Last week I did a presentation on Present Moment Awareness. As you all know it is one of my favorite topics because I think it is one of the major keys to Living Happier. I absolutely love speaking and it is even more enjoyable when there is a lot of...

Embrace the Mess--Holding Both
on Nov 17, 2009 in Live Happier Curiosity Awareness As I have moved through my journey of Living Happier the biggest (and at times, hardest) lesson I have learned is life isn't black and white.  Life is a big, colorful mess.  Life is full of emotions, thoughts and needs few of which we can p...

In the Dog House.
on Nov 13, 2009My dog, Mocha, LOVES to be outside. She sleeps inside the house, but for the better part of the day she enjoys hanging on the back porch surveying her land--well really the postage stamp that is my back yard.  So I decided I should buy her a dog...

Live Happier Tip: Eating with Awareness
on Nov 12, 2009 in Live Happier Expressing Emotions self care. Brooke Castillo is a life coach who wrote a wonderful book called If I Am So Smart Why Can't I Lose Weight.  Her weight loss theory is about paying attention to what we eat and why we eat it.  In the book, she gives a wonderful example abou...

Relax, Relax
on Nov 10, 2009 in Live Happier Relaxation Relationships I have been taking swim lessons at Lifetime Fitness for a few months now.  I really enjoy it and my swim stroke has greatly improved.  I grew up with a pool, so I am very familiar with the water.  I am very comfortable jumping off the...

Taking a Risk--Making a List
on Nov 9, 2009 in Values Live Happier Passion Risk I admit, I am BIG fan of chick-lit.  One of my favorite self care activities is to crawl into bed with my cat nestled up next to me and read chick-lit.  Side note: When I am doing that I always think of Iyanla Vanzant who said, one of  ...

Self Imposed Cages
on Nov 6, 2009One of my favorite books is called Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach.   In her book, she tells the story of Mohini a white tiger who lived at the Washington DC National Zoo.  For years, Mohini had a tiny little cell that he lived in.  B...

Live Happier Tip: My Dogs Turn
on Nov 4, 2009Last week I did the Ode to my Cat Pooh--so this week in keeping with the theme I thought I would share some Live Happier Tips I have learned from my dog, Mocha. First off I have to say Mocha is a new wondeful addition to my life.  I have always...