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What Made You Smile this Week?
My blog posts appear each Tuesday. I’m going to try something new, posting things that made me smile, or made me happy, or about which I am grateful—something like that—every Friday. I know it will be good for me because it’s a proven happiness strategy to list these kinds of things. Maybe you’ll enjoy reading [...]
Read More2 Reasons to Encourage Kids to Build Their Community Service Resume—Building Future Leaders
As we come upon the end of the college selection process for the current group of high school seniors (two of whom live in my house), I was reflecting on the part of the process where teens build up their “resumes.” I recall, thirty years ago, when I was applying to college, the importance of [...]
Read More6 Questions for Author Alex Blackwell and Book Giveaway: Saying Yes to Change
I recently read Saying Yes to Change, a new book by Alex Blackwell of The BridgeMaker blog. I was quickly pulled into Alex’s story when I learned that he was raised by a mom who was an alcoholic and that he endured a great deal of bullying due in large part to his bad stutter [...]
Read MoreDownload the “21-Day New Habit Tracker” worksheet
If you’ve read my book or my “Welcome” post and other blog posts, you know that it takes 21 days to form a habit, and that breaking down large goals into manageable pieces, implemented over 21-day periods, is how to make real, lasting change. In addition to the worksheet for your running list of goals/life-improvement ideas, [...]
Read More9 Tips for Taking Care of Yourself — The Importance of Caregiver Health
Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter said, “There are only four kinds of people in the world – those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers.” Everyone, therefore, can benefit from this important guest post by Elissa Goldstein. Elissa is the Director [...]
Read MoreBecoming Driven, 9 Skills Kids Develop When Their Parents Say “No”
For over 40 years, I’ve been trying to figure out my brother, Jon. Many adjectives have been used to describe him and it seems that he’s finally come up with the one that will stick—Driven. Jon is two years younger than I am, so I’ve known him since the day he was born. We shared [...]
Read MoreYour Most Valuable Coping Skills When Life Throws You a Curve Ball
Last week, I was pleased to publish a blog post on the engaging Live Bold & Bloom web site. The post tells of a situation last year when one of our teenaged daughters was very sick and the doctors were not able to confirm a diagnosis. One reader wrote in, questioning whether I was suggesting [...]
Read MoreHow to Let Go to Let Them Grow
Last week, I was fortunate to have a blog I wrote published on the terrific web site, The Bridge Maker. Here’s the first part of the piece, with a link to the rest… I was recently reading a business journal and came across an article called, “Learning to let go.” It was about grooming the next [...]
Read MoreMaking a Difference, One Minute at a Time
I recently had the good fortune to get to know Jessica and Alicia Arinella, thanks to an introduction by my friend Newell, who knew that I would want to be acquainted with two people whose picture could have been in the “Be a Leader” chapter of my book. In the following interview, Jessica Arinella explains [...]
Read MoreSimple Tips and Reminders about Living in the Now
Last week, I was fortunate to have a blog I wrote published on the wonderful Tiny Buddha web site. Here’s the first part of the piece, with a link to the rest… A person I work with recently left me an article about the unproductiveness of multitasking. On it was a sticky-note saying, “I think [...]
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Six Simple Rules for a Better Life is a book filled with practical, achievable suggestions for all kinds of ways you can improve your life, along with a game plan for doing so.