While your busy searching for that perfect little something for the Valentines in your life, why not find a way to give yourself a little treat as well? Experts at the productivity firm Julie Morgenstern Enterprises say a good way to find happiness and balance in our...

In my blog post, I referenced James Clear’s theory on effective habits and how they can help us achieve our New Year’s resolutions. He says that once we establish effective habits, we can build on them by stacking other effective habits on top of them. Consider the...

Let’s face it, every year we struggle to find the perfect gift for that person who has “everything.”  Use the holidays as a way to share your abundance of gratitude with others. Simply write down on paper what the recipient means to you; the joy they bring to your...

In my blog post, I talked about cognitive labor, all that “behind the scenes” thinking, we do to be sure we accomplish everything on our to-do lists. To help lessen the exhaustion that cognitive labor creates, psychologist Jelena Kecmanovic, Ph.D., recommends...

For almost as long as time immortal, it seems that women have long carried the burden of household tasks such as grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, etc. These tasks can be physically exhausting, but much of that is attributed to the fact that there is often a lot of...

One thing that seems to have become crystal clear during our 2020 pandemic-induced “time out” is how much we value—and miss—our relationships with others. This should not come as a surprise since we actually often do a lot of unconscious casual stroking and touching...