How much (quiet) trepidation do you carry in your day-to-day life?

Does any worry amplify before a tough conversation? Do you anticipate the worst before a doctor’s visit? Hesitate before trying som...

Are you a music-lover?  Do you walk around humming songs and reciting lyrics?

Music is a universal language and can speak equally to everyone.  But what about the story the song sings?  Can that move...

 I have a magnet on my fridge with Ralph Waldo Emmerson’s quote, “Life’s a journey, not a destination”.

A family member bought it for me years ago (I believe it was quiet recognition that I was seemi...

In earlier years, we did 50% of our business in promotional marketing in the last two months of the year.  Why?  Recognition and appreciation. 

Many clients ordered personalized Christmas cards, purc...

Have you ever recited Murphy’s Law: “Whatever can go wrong, will” ?

And its cousin, “When it rains it pours.”?

Both are pure anticipation – more accurately, expectation – that things will go a...

We rarely choose disruption.  Why would we? We don’t wake up thinking, “Today feels like a good day for a breakdown, a diagnosis, a financial scare.” … not!

But disruption comes anyway—precisely beca...

Could the stories you're telling yourself making you ill?

We’ve all done it.
Replayed the conversation.

Rehashed the comment. Re-explained the unfair policy, the bad experience, or the moment someone...

What do you do when the storm hits? 

I mean the storm in terms of adversity, challenge, disappointment, set-back, failure or rejection.
Most people take it as a sign they’re off track and abort their ...

What’s your go-to beverage?

Coffee to start the day? Iced tea or soda with lunch? A beer or glass of wine to wind down?

Most people assume that as long as they’re drinking something, they’re staying...

Are you hooked on real-time tracking of your health performance?

We’ve normalized strapping technology to our bodies under the banner of “health - step counters, sleep monitors, heart rate trackers—a...

Do you ever argue with universal intelligence (or UI as I like to call it)?

This was my conversation the other day.  I was in the bathroom when a strong message came through.

Universe:           ...

 Did you ever notice that products, sayings or behaviours are popularized after their showing on the screen?

The Cosby Show effect was a term coined around the results of the Huxtables, a black medic...