Has your end of year felt a bit crazed? Finishing up to meet deadlines? Rushing to get from one holiday party to the next? Perhaps barely getting any sleep because you are doing your checklist instead? At one moment or another, the crash will come. It could be deciding to sleep instead of going out. It ...
move your body…
As the backstreet boys once said... Everybody Yeah Rock your body Yeah Everybody Rock your body right Backstreet's back Alright AlrightNow throw your hands up in the air Wave them 'round like you just don't care If you wanna party let me hear you yell 'Cause we got it going on again- Backsteet Boys, Backstreet's Back Whether ...
Aging Gracefully
Written by contributing blogger, Daniela Forte. 36 and Aging … Gracefully I’ve been talking a lot about aging lately, more than I ever have before. I have been doing this because I sell clean beauty cosmetics and skin care products as a side hustle when I am not working full-time. We recently launched an anti-aging ...
what about a creative release?
Whether or not you think you have a creative bone in your body or not, most of us have interests that involve being creative. They can range from physical to mental, and allow us to de-stress, release our day, and also use another part of our brain, which we probably don't during our regular so- ...
Little bits of comfort
We all have them. It could be a pen, a necklace, an old stuffed animal, or even a movie. Little bits of comfort that make us feel either at home, calmer, and/or just comforted. It's helpful to have these things, especially in our most stressful environments - such as work. And sometimes it's nice to ...
Is vacation a choice?
More and more often I see folks denying themselves their paid vacation time, especially the younger folks. And there are others who go on vacation but log on each day, and basically work, just from another location. Does this sound right? No, no, and no. Reasons I've heard and felt myself at times for not going ...
Too many decisions
Have your realized that the older (...wiser) we get, the more decisions we have to make on a regular basis. The more things that end up on our to do list. The busier our evenings become. And all of a sudden, it's Monday again. How did that happen? It was so much simpler when the decisions ...
music to the rescue
Sometimes the right tune, lyrics, or album can mark a turning point in our emotions or thoughts in that exact moment. It can allow us to feel deeper, allow us to release feelings we've been holding in, feel powerful, get excited, and/or remember memories that we forgot about until that song came back on. Here's ...
How to Handle Debilitating Anxiety
Written by contributing blogger, Daniela Forte. Imagine a hamster on a wheel. It’s just going non-stop in circles nowhere fast. Imagine a broken record just repeating the same line in a song over and over and over again. This is anxiety. I have probably written about this more times than I can count, but I think we need ...
Can we push the restart button?
Last week...starting Monday morning felt like a week that was just headed down the wrong train path. I was stuck on the track and could never get back to the right place or in the right direction. I spilled matcha (yes, my favorite) all over my laptop, I overslept, I couldn't get ahead of my ...