I lost the pie eating contest. All these years later, what I learned still impacts my life.

What was the lesson?

Life doesn’t always go as planned. Remaining open to the possibilities, even if they’re unexpected detours, just may give you something even better.

We had plans. Mother nature had other ones. And we were faced with a difficult decision without a clear answer. Until we had one. Here’s how it played out.

Sometimes life is about grocery lists and chocolate brownies. Other times, it’s about much deeper, more meaningful things.

It’s always about making decisions.

You made a choice you thought was a good one. But, it didn’t turn out as good as you had planned. What’s one step you can take to overcome the disappointment?

Decisions would be easier if they were between a clearly “bad” and a clearly “good.” Oftentimes, though, they’re between two equally good options. But, you can’t choose both. What do you do?

As we age, our needs and priorities change. Our important topics that need healthy communication strategies also change. in today’s blog, I share three tips to help

We each have a unique way we approach life. At times, they’re are similarities between us and someone else. Other times, we and others around us approach life differently. Very differently. Here’s a real life story to demonstrate.

Sometimes our mind focuses on big dreams and goals we have. And these are good. In our day-to-day lives, it just might be the simple things that matter most.

When my mood shifted to a not-so-happy one and stayed there for a while, it was time to explore deeper reasons why. Before I could move beyond it, there was one thing I had to do. It was non-negotiable.

Fear and panic can come for big, serious reasons in our lives. It can also be present for relatively little reasons. Regardless, we always have a choice. The choice we make drives the actions we take - or don’t take. Find out more in today’s message, “I Lost My Phone.”

You know the person talking cares about you; loves you. But their words sound controlling. You feel resistance. What’s happening?

You want to help and make a difference in someone’s life/business whether it’s a client, a team member, or a friend/family. But in every conversation, they start down a path of complaining, blaming and making excuses. What do you do? Here’s three steps to help.

Oftentimes reaching what we want for our life requires doing this one thing. It was a difficult lesson for me to learn and I fought it for a long time. This is a story about overcoming that challenge.

You want to be supportive of others. But sometimes their behaviors make that challenging; even drains your energy. What do you do? Here’s one step.

I had made plans. Then it was time to implement them and life had different plans. Today’s message is about how to handle the interruptions.

My last day to sit on the balcony to watch an oceanfront sunrise turned out to be cloudy. As always, the morning hours still spoke to me.

It was dark when I arrived on the balcony and I could still see the stars. As always, morning had something to teach me.

You plan some new behaviors or habits. You know the result you desire. But there’s the most difficult step along the way there. What is it? How can you not let it cause you to stumble? How can you keep the promise you’ve made to yourself?

Sometimes we wish today could be exactly like yesterday. But time moves on. That doesn’t mean today can’t be every bit as good - just in a different way.