It's always terrific to have help with any actions this time of year. This blog post is co-author with my collaboration partner Monique MacKinnon.

Christmas and New Year’s Eve are emotionally-charged times of the year — wouldn’t you agree! Getting and staying in the spirit of it all requires soul alignment. You’ll know whether or not you’re in this soul-alignment space if you can consistently answer “yes” to the following: Am I being true to my core values, beliefs, dreams and goals? So, how can you make this being-ness do-able over the holidays and into the New Year? -- By applying these mental, emotional and physical decluttering tips: Continue reading this post...

Holidays and introverts are only close as words in a dictionary. In life, the events and this people style don't always mix easily. Ahem ... you may want to head over to iTunes to find one of the original versions of the song titled, The Twelve Days of Christmas. Then, sing a long to that song, with a twist on words for us: ♪♪♬♫ On the first day of Christmas, I gave these gifts to me ♪♪♬♫: Continue reading this post...

In the USA, Thanksgiving barely gets noticed in the media. This is a holiday that is celebrated in other places in the world so I wonder what attention it gets there. Are you ready for the bombardment of the commercialism already on us for the winter holidays?

It seems here in Virginia at least, we went right from Halloween to Christmas! Hooray for Capitalism, right? But what happened to the tradition of giving Thanks? Why is the media and your corner coffee shop seemingly ignoring a day that could be steeped with thankful traditions that might help us out of the mess that so many countries are in now?

I doubt my sickness of how we celebrate Christmas with all the red, green and glitter, is related to my introvert preference. So I had to do a little research about this ignored holiday. Continue reading this post...

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Since I've been decluttering – or clearing clutter – I've been taking notice. Feeling better. More focused. Losing pounds - thank goodness.

First, I have this overall feeling of being freer. Lighter. Moving forward. The weirdest thing is that this is the first time in a long time that I haven't set an end destination yet. I'm actually enjoying the maze like direction. I'm not sure what has taken me so long but I can say the coaching program I am in is a motivating factor.

What about those shedding pounds? Continue reading this post...