Stepping Stones

As a wellness coach, I inspire clients to get healthy and fit by helping them focus on the positive payoffs, rather than warning them that they’re going to die young if they don’t stop lounging on the couch or grazing on potato chips. So here’s a little unsolicited inspiration: did you know that a small [...]

The other day I was skimming through a magazine article about a small business owner when I spotted the following question and suddenly became curious: “How do you balance your work with your life?” the writer asked the businessman in the question and answer interview.
As a wellness coach and life coach who often works with [...]

The other day, I attended a workshop designed to help participants experience more peace and happiness in their lives through the process of giving. Oddly enough, as the date of the workshop approached I found myself both drawn to, and repelled by the class. There was a part of me that was admittedly a little [...]

We may be in the throes of the hap happiest time of the year, but I know a number of people who aren’t feeling all that happy about the prospect of buying a slew of gifts they can’t afford this year, amid the ailing economy.
It’s a topic that comes up frequently during my coaching conversations, [...]

Everywhere I go, these days, people seem stressed beyond belief. The level of angst seems to have reached a new level of yaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaa! To a certain extent, I understand the reasons why. Everyday, we are bombarded with stories of personal loss and financial mayhem. Just open the newspaper, and you’ll see article upon article about [...]

These days, there’s a ton of information on the Internet about how to de-stress and get healthy and fit. So much so that it’s hard to know what’s credible and what’s not. Recently, a few of my clients asked where they could head on the Web to learn more about changing some of their not [...]

It’s funny how the seemingly simplest decisions can cause the greatest struggles. For example, I’m attending an annual holiday book giveaway on Friday, and it should be easy to decide on a book to offer up, right? Well, not exactly. Suddenly, books that have been lining my shelves for decades that I haven’t cracked for [...]

For the past couple months, I’ve been involved in this new weight loss program that I absolutely love! You’ll notice that I didn’t call it a diet. That’s because the program isn’t about restricting what I eat.
It’s about changing my relationship with food and only allowing food to pass through my lips when my body [...]