Earlier this year, a neighbor asked me questions about the previous owners of her home because she thought there were ghosts in her house. This summer I realized I left ghosts of my former self back in my United States home. After a decade in Mexico, it was time to…
Years ago, I was told that we have a brand-new body every seven years. The concept is that within seven years every cell in our body has died and been replaced.* Skin cells rejuvenate every month. Red blood cells renew every four months. Liver cells take up to three years…
Over ten years ago, I wrote From Type A to Type Me: How to Stop “Doing” Life and Start Living It. At the time, the book was the blueprint for releasing my workaholic ways and learning how to care for myself. I had focused on the “stop doing” message of…
Writing my book, From Type A to Type Me: How to Stop ‘Doing’ Life and Start Living It, did not come easy. First, I had to live it. I had to hit lows, and lower lows. I had to stumble through challenges so I could learn lessons. I had to…
Learning a second language helps me see the world in a new light. I have known a phrase in Spanish for a while, “no te preocupes,” which means “don’t worry about it.” What blew my mind was learning that it is based on the word “ocupar.” Let’s break it down.…
For years I was caught in the trap of overdoing everything. I took on more and more work because I felt I had to prove myself. I couldn’t let go of my responsibilities because I felt I would no longer be of value. I made myself feel more important than…
My husband and I have been adopted by a street cat lovingly called Blanca. We now leave her food and water as she demands. For the most part, she sits adorably on the front porch until I serve her the “right” breakfast. She is very sweet and would love to…
Baby Shark overtook our household for a while. Everything got the Baby Shark treatment. Baby spinach doo doo doo doo doo doo. Gato Blanco doo doo doo doo doo doo. It was silly and fun. When I started to write this post, I thought of a new variation, Stressy Me…
For over three years now, I have been helping individuals manage unexpected job transition. I love the variety of people I speak to and the different goals and challenges they have in defining and creating what they want next in their professions and lives. One type of candidate, however, always…
The other day I found my husband’s Reader’s Digest magazine open to a puzzles page. One of the puzzles consisted of five simple addition formulas using letters, like A+B=C. The goal was to replace the letters with the given numbers. I started out with analyzing the letters; how many times…