There’s a better way to create your to-do list of dreams to fulfill. When you practice a mindset of abundance vs. scarcity, you find how many more dreams you’re fulfilling right now.

Some days or weeks, we feel as though our life is going wrong on about every level. From career pressure to money challenges, from family drama to the guilt of eating too much comfort food- why does it sometimes feel like our lives are a “dumpster fire” and it’s really hard to feel positive?

Retirement doesn’t have to be a yes or no decision. There are many benefits of down-shifting your career and continuing to drive in the right lane.

Instead of reacting to a feeling and believing it’s true, take a moment to ask yourself, “What’s really going on here?”

Now that you’ve created your goals and found your “why”, it’s time to create your own assembly instructions for your action plan!

Doldrums /DOLE-dremz, noun. “A state or period of inactivity, stagnation or depression.”

I finally put a name on what I’ve been feeling this past week. I was in this really “stuck” state (which is why this blog is a bit overdue!) that just appeared out of nowhere in my life on the heels of a super-productive, creative and fun-filled period of several weeks.

Things your parents- and grandparents - used to say are still sort of true today.

A negative thought is just one thought of thousands that drift into our minds every day. They are harmless- until we start to believe them. And once we start to believe the first negative thought, it becomes easier to believe the next one, and the next one, and so on, until we start to feel our life is a hopeless daily grind.

here's a wonderful quote I read somewhere, possibly on a wall calendar, that says "You can be a masterpiece and a work in progress." This is true of all humans- and a great reminder for those of us that serve others in the world of life coaching partnership and obtaining well-being.

What I figured out this week about the daily pursuit of the path to living a more positive life and embracing a growth mindset with a life full of possibility-- is that I'm still capable of having negative thoughts and sliding back into my old ways of stirring the negative pot.

Those who know me well appreciate that I’m an Anglophile- defined by the Oxford Dictionary as “a person who is fond of or greatly admires England or Britain.”  It’s in my DNA - my mother’s ancestry can be traced back to Scotland and England.  Add to this bloodline my passion for PBS’s Masterpiece Theater, decades-long love of British-invasion bands…

I follow the work of a great writer, coach and speaker MIchael Neill. (michaelneill.org). Attending his (virtual) events, listening to his podcasts and reading his work, I've learned so much about how to clear away the clouds that cover what's clear and bright in my life.

I was talking with a client recently about building a business as she moves to her next chapter: retirement.  She just completed her certification as a yoga instructor and has this great business concept- a multi-modality wellness center targeted at women of "mid-ish" life, as I like to say.