Living mindfully is about taking moments throughout the day to be fully present. It is about being aware of your individual impact and acknowledging the ripples of each step you take.  Mindfulness is being fully aware of what you are doing, thinking, and feeling at the moment.  When your mind wanders, you are aware and […]

…and the Roadmap to Making it Happen Happy 2024! Ahhhhh, the first day of a new year.  The day after the songs, the ball drop, the midnight kisses, banging on pots and pans, the quick calls and texts to family.  I love it…all of it.  Even if just snuggling at home with a few of […]

…and Tips for Approaching it Mindfully Are you one to set a new year’s resolution?  Or does even the thought of that increase your heart rate, make you cringe, and you want to “quit” before you even get started? No matter where you stand in this debate, you are not alone.  In fact, if you […]

A Deeper Dive Into Stress and Anxiety (During the Holidays and Beyond) Within this Blog we have talked about working through negative thoughts and finding the joy in and enjoying (the holiday season and) life, which is needed and so good for our bodies and minds.  One of the reasons I offered these tips is […]

5 Ways to Find More Joy This Holiday Season (and beyond) With Christmas around the corner, we often here, see, and even sing the word JOY.  Christmas Joy; Joy to the World; O’ Come All Ye Faithful, Joyful, and Triumphant; Sweet Hymns of Joyful Chorus; …with the Joy on Christmas Day; Comfort and Joy name […]

Thoughts and emotions are not a choice – they automatically enter into our minds and bodies.  That’s the science of human nature.  None of them are “bad,” even if they are “negative.”  It is how we choose to react to these thoughts and emotions that can be a game changer.  No matter how or how […]

While away for a few days, I stepped out of our downtown Cleveland Hotel to go for a run. I paused to stretch and I looked up to see every single driver sitting on the road in front of me on their phone. The road was packed, cars were honking, streetlights changing – the hustle and bustle of the early morning streets were in full swing.

“Get out of your head!” I say this often – to myself and to my people! You know those moments when your mind is stirring with all sorts of thoughts and anxiety starts to creep in – or fear, or anger, or doubt. It all starts to rumble up like an incoming storm….and you can see it coming, but you don’t know what to do with it!?“Get out of your head!”