Procrastination can rob you of productive moments in your day. If you are not living your life to the fullest, you are shorting yourself of valuable experiences and opportunities. The number one underlying cause of procrastination is fear. Fear of rejection or failure, fear of the dramatic changes to your life if you succeed and nothing is ever the same again, fear of what others will think, and more. When you hear people say the only thing standing in your way is you, Read More >

In another blog post last month, I wrote, “Being thankful for things is a crucial feeling that can actually reprogram your brain to process information differently. The more grateful you are, the more you appreciate your life and loved ones, the happier you will be on a deeper, lasting level.” Since then I have made it a point to be more grateful for basic things in my life, as well as spread gratitude to others in an effort to somehow calculate my results. Here are a Read More >

Being thankful for things is a crucial feeling that can actually reprogram your brain to process information differently. The more grateful you are, the more you appreciate your life and loved ones, the happier you will be on a deeper, lasting level. The sight of beautiful, sparkly boxes adorned with ribbons and bows of all shapes, sizes, and colors, is something we’re all familiar with. A gift can be time or a material possession given by one person to express Read More >

The Sandwich Generation, a term coined by social worker Dorothy Miller in 1981, describes people, usually women, in their 30's, 40's and 50's who are primary caregivers to both their children and their aging parents. Miller recognized the stress involved in being ‘sandwiched’ between the generations on either side of theirs, both of which require family care. The American Psychological Association reported that almost 40% of people ages 35 to 54 years old said they Read More >

Today's modern age is filled with activities and opportunities to waste time. Learning to pick out those time-wasters can make it significantly easier to avoid them, and that means time spent on the activities that really matter. Here are some of my top time-wasting activities: 1. Virtual Socialization On the train heading into Boston recently, the seven people sitting around me all had their faces glued to their smartphones. One of them even appeared to be Read More >

As we enter the season of good cheer and giving, let us focus some time on family, friends, and each other. Thanksgiving serves as a good starting point to reflect on life’s abundant blessings. What are you thankful for? Like many of you, being thankful for family, friends, food and shelter is good enough. Lately, however, I have been reflecting on that question quite a bit more deeply. I have every reason to be; several times this year, life seemed to throw one Read More >

Not too long ago, I had one of those mornings. Sitting in the car, I was in a sour mood. Rush-hour traffic was crawling at a snail’s pace and to make matters worse, a train looped around into the station and parked itself in front of all the cars stopped at a traffic light. Traffic was at a halt an additional few minutes longer, which felt like an infinity. Later as I proceeded to make a left turn, cars in the opposite direction inched unbearably closer to my lane and Read More >