You Matter. You Are Loved. Stress and anxiety seem to be two uninvited guests that keep showing up to our life events every day. Learning how to influence the energy in the room instead of adapting to it is critical to our well-being. There are many simple techniques that can…

How This Moment Broke Me and Let In Some Light. The day we took Ridley to the vet was one of my first breaking points. Once again, I was exhausted. I dropped into bed, and my head hit the pillow. I was sure I’d fall into a deep slumber right…

Life is a long run. Make sure you prepare. Hindsight is a superhero and provides incredible insight. There is another superpower hindsight possesses that sometimes is ignored. You may have heard the phrase, “Sharing is caring.” …

How taking care of your smile helps take care of your immune system. — Your health is one of the most important things you own. Cultivating a robust immune system is one of the best ways to promote good health, happiness, and balanced life. We are all vulnerable to viruses and bacteria, but when your body defenses are weak and depleted, you are at…

One simple technique that erased years of discomfort! Lunch ruined most of my days for years. Let me paint you a picture of my typical workday so I can illustrate how. I was a practicing dentist for over 22 years. Once the day started, you could find me skating between…

The lost art of downtime and how it’s destroying our self-awareness. For my birthday this year, I told my family I wanted to go on a good old fashioned hike together. We decided on a familiar hike we had done before and set a time to meet. Once we arrived…

Use These 5 Tips to Turn Any Failure Into Fuel For Success The mindset shift came to me in a conversation with my daughter about soccer. I had noticed something happen during her last few games. She would head out onto the field at the start of the game fired…

How to insert more calm into the craziness of Coronavirus. We are waking up to a new reality every day as the story of Coronavirus evolves. It can be difficult for us to remain calm and easy to feel as if life is spinning out of control. …

Why You Should Include Playtime In Your Days In the book, “The Power of Vulnerability” Brene Brown brings up the importance of play. It’s a subset of one of her guideposts to ‘Wholehearted Living”. Number 10 is cultivating laughter, song, and dance. Wholehearted people embrace their vulnerability and go to…