Each morning before looking at email, calendars, or to-do lists, give yourself some quiet time to consciously create your day.  Decide how you would like for your day to go.  Decide how you would like to feel throughout the day, and what qualities you intend to bring to your day (a sense of humor, an [...]

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We’re doing our part to curb stress and boost enjoyment during the holidays.  In the next couple of weeks, we’ll be posting some of our favorites stress-busting tips.  Here’s the first one.
Tip #1:  Micro-Retreats

This is a simple and powerful exercise to do regularly (daily).  It only takes 5 minutes.

Set an alarm to go off a [...]

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We say we want things all the time: “I want a new pair of sandals”, “I want more business”, or “I want to lose 10 pounds,” but deep down are these our true wants? Our heart’s desires? Gosh, I hope not. There must be something deeper – for me and for [...]

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Business Week had an article recently that chronicled some new research about happiness and midlife women.  As a midlife woman, the results of this research did not make me happy.   According to the studies, midlife women are sadder and sicker than ever before, regardless of whether they work or don’t work, are married or [...]

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I developed a habit early in life.  It seemed to serve me well….until one day it really didn’t.   The habit:  thinking, saying, and believing that “I have to _____”.  Fill in the blank with anything.  Go shopping.  Clean my office. Return phone calls.  Review my P&L.  Brush my teeth.
From the mundane to the important, I [...]

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#1.  Don’t have rules — Rules lock us into fixed and stagnant ways to operating and being.  What at one time was freeing can quickly become a prison.  Instead of rules, create commitments that will support what you want.  For example: rather than having a rule of “No sweets! Ever!” you might have a commitment [...]

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