You thought you could take care of everyone else and forget about you? Nice try. — At a women’s gathering recently, the speaker for the evening asked us what our biggest challenges were around prioritizing ourselves. Most of the women said that their kids, pets, husbands, and jobs were the biggest demands on their time, and their own self-care fell to the bottom of the list. …

How to overcome challenges and achieve your dreams — We’ve been teaching our Portuguese Water Dog puppy, Holly, the basics of being a well-mannered pooch. It hasn’t been easy, with her super-high energy and lack of knowledge about the English language. But we’ve been seeing improvement as we spend time repeating our commands and hand signals. Now that she’ll…

I’m going on two years of daily yoga practice; here’s what I’ve learned — A couple of years ago, on my birthday (Jan. 31), I finally committed to doing yoga every day. I knew it would be good for me. It was in the back of my mind for a long, long time. And somehow, a couple of years ago, it stuck. I’d done…

I changed mine 40 years ago; here’s what you need to know — So you want to change your name. You’re tired of being boring Ann Smith or weird Clarence McGillicutty. You want a zippy name, a cool name, a name that gets noticed and exudes confidence. Can you just do that? I mean, without getting married to someone with a cooler name…

If we thought things were going to get back to ‘normal,’ we were mistaken — For me, this past year has been one of rude awakenings, incredible gratitude for all we have, and gearing up for how things might shake out in the coming months and years—if we live long enough to see the coming years. This was the year that headlines woke me up…

I haven’t weighed this little in more than 40 years — What is with these bras lately? I thought. They’re all stretched out. And jeans, they’re baggy too. This was my thinking over the past month or so. My underwear and jeans were mysteriously loose. I figured they were wearing out. For the past 10 or 15 years, I’ve weighed around…

Here’s a morning meditation to tune in to your biggest self — Have you ever found yourself stuck in a deep rut, with your thoughts circling the same old nasty drain, getting you nowhere? Of course you have, because you’re human. When that happens to me (and it has been happening lately), I want to break free of my same old thoughts…

7 steps for getting that dark energy to do its job — Things have changed. Life has become more challenging in my house. Sometimes I project that doomy feeling to the rest of the world and think, It’s all going down the drain, everywhere. I’ve been feeling a combination of frustration, fear, anxiety, and shame. Plus an overall feeling of doom. Yikes! …