Attending a conference can inspire, motivate and propel you on your personal development journey. I attended the RISE Healthy & Happy conference and I want to share my biggest takeaways with you.Continue Reading

This is one of my favorite months of the year!  Maybe it’s because we get to celebrate Thanksgiving with our friends and families.  Maybe it’s because we get to eat tons of yummy food.  Or maybe it’s because it’s when we start to plan for the year ahead. The mainContinue Reading

I just finished reading Breakfast with Buddha and it had a very strong reminder for me.   The book is about a man named Otto who’s parents died suddenly.  Otto has to travel halfway across the country to settle the estate and his sister asks him to bring a monk alongContinue Reading

Today, I stayed in my pajamas.  All day.  Yup! All. . .freakin’…day! And I’m totally cool with it.  Why?  Because I was able to get a TON of stuff done. I had a healthy breakfast.  I researched a topic for a few talks I have coming up.  I watched theContinue Reading

Isn’t life better when we laugh more?   I have looked around lately and noticed that Americans might be too focused on work. When that happens we tend to forget what is really important in life.  Laughing is one of the best gifts in life and it can happen frequentlyContinue Reading

When you’re a kid, adults always ask you what you want to be when you grow up.  Some some an astronaut, some say a fireman and some say a veterinarian. As I’ve gotten older, that’s one thing I’ve noticed one important thing about this question that gets asked.  Not manyContinue Reading

You must learn a new way to think before you can muster a new way to be. – Marianne Williamson This quote got me thinking.  In order to make our lives better and find out who we really are (or are going to be), we must change the way weContinue Reading

It’s the weekend of July 4th. I see all the posts on social media about the parties and barbecues taking place, but what I don’t see is the celebration of our freedom.  Since Independence Day is when the United States adopted the Declaration of Independence and gained it’s freedom, itContinue Reading

Ever heard that saying “It’s a good day to be happy”?  That saying could really apply to any day of the week.  Let’s take Monday, for example.  For most people, Mondays can be hard.  It’s the start of the week, no one wants to go back to work and ifContinue Reading

I’m from the United States and “freedom” used to be something that people come to this country for.  However, as I grow up, I’m learning that freedom is not about where you live…it’s about your life and how it’s lived! In the United States, the majority of the citizens workContinue Reading