Warning: this is going to seem too simple to possibly provide you with nearly unlimited power to achieve your desired outcomes…but it really DOES! Make it your daily Mantra: 1.  Before even getting out of bed each day, I stretch, breathe and say out loud: “Today is a brand new day. All good things are [...]

If you meditate, or have ever attempted to, you know that the practice involves achieving a quiet mind. And the way to get your mind to be quiet is not to somehow force out unwanted thoughts, but to allow them in each moment to occur, then – equally quickly – allow them to fade away [...]

Esteemed Expert Interview Series Welcome to the Esteemed Expert Series! I’m so delighted to be sharing with you some interviews from a radio show I had the pleasure to host. In one blog post each month I’ll be bringing you one of my favorite recordings, packed with wisdom and proven resources you can put to use [...]

So let’s say you’ve decided to give up trying, and are determined to actually DO something toward a goal that’s important to you. How do you know if it’s the right goal? Can you trust what your heart and gut and/or intuition are telling you? What if they’re steering you in a direction you really [...]

Think about how often you hear yourself or people around you say things like: “I’m trying to…” “I’ll give it a try.” or “Just try”   As Yoda said in Star Wars: “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” Try is what I call a “stuck” verb. It gets us nowhere, and actually permits a [...]

Increasingly these days, we wake up to a lot of news about how things are not right with the world. As it happens, there is also a lot of good going on, but in these days of instant global communications and social media, it sometimes seems like the number and significance of bad outweighs the [...]

It’s official: it’s March 20th and Spring has sprung! And while the grass may not have “riz” yet where you live, an increase in warmth, sunshine and rebirth of all kinds is just around the corner. Here in New Jersey, that’s really something to celebrate! I love this time of year for the sense of [...]

Esteemed Expert Interview Series Welcome to the Esteemed Expert Series! I’m so delighted to be sharing with you some interviews from a radio show I had the pleasure to host. In one blog post each month I’ll be bringing you one of my favorite recordings, packed with wisdom and proven resources you can put to use [...]

Let’s face it: when you’re snowed in by eight foot foot “drifts” that look more like mountains, and/or below zero temperatures, it can be hard to remember to focus on practicing the sort of life-enhancing practices I teach here in my blog. The stress of a months-long disruption of normal activities has been like one [...]

We all know that “Patience is a virtue.” But let’s face it: we’re only human! And that means that whenever we encounter frustrating situations or people – and especially when there’s something we think we “should have done better!” – we’re quick to become impatient with our apparent imperfections or “failures”. The good news is, as you [...]