Essentials for an amazing life

Have you been feeling stressed lately?

Stress can show up as incessant worried thoughts, overthinking, a clenched jaw, tight shoulders, shallow breathing, increased heart rate or blood pressure, slee...

So, you’re an artist, right?

Maybe you take photos, you play music, you love watercolors, or you write.

You love to DJ or salsa dance or bake or quilt or arrange flowers.

Maybe you don’t call yours...

You know that friend you have who constantly gripes to you about her guy problems or her money problems or her work problems?

You listen patiently. You may even gently offer advice (since she asked f...

Ohhhhkaaay… spiritual wilderness?

Rebecca…

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

Being in the spiritual wilderness, in my summation, means that you’re feeling lost, unmoored, helpless and possibly hopeless.

Hey… have I told you about Doris?

Years ago I worked as a part time wellness and fitness instructor for an assisted living facility in the suburbs of Portland.

I loved this job.

I did all kinds of ...

I’m not going to talk about how overwhelming the world is right now because, um, hello.

It’s bananas.

B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

I swear. My brain does this EVERY TIME without fail.

(No idea what I’m talking ...

What the heck kind of question is that?

Am I visualizing too big? Psh!

Most people would say I’m not dreaming big enough!

Okay, okay… but hear me out.

You understand that all things in your life o...

I was talking to a dear friend of mine a few weeks ago.

She said, “Hey… do you have anything to help with eco anxiety?”

Why yes. Yes I do.

Just a reminder/disclaimer, before we get into this: I’m n...

Today we’re going to talk about shaking yourself out of your hum-drum-numbness.

I feel like since I started writing these weekly posts back in January of 2020 it’s been one damn thing after another.

A couple of weekend’s ago I went to a wedding.

Being my boyfriend’s plus one meant that I knew exactly one person going in—him.

Although he is a VERY fun person to do anything with, he had friends a...

Disclaimer alert! Disclaimer alert!

My children consist of one gray tabby cat, one Terrier mix, and one French bulldog.

Astute readers will note that I don’t have any human children.

I am in awe of...

Hey you beautiful soul,

Well, it turns out that none of us are alone when it comes to wanting more quality friends in our lives.

I got a huge response from folks interested in making new friendships...