Cultivating a sense of calm is not an easy thing to do. You actually have to put effort into it over some period of time, whereas anxiousness, worry, and stress require little to no effort or forethought. That is why I am so impressed by the commitments that are being...

I made a commitment that I am having the hardest time keeping. It is so simple, the first time I wrote it down, I thought no big deal. Was I ever wrong! My commitment is to not text, check email, or use my phone, computer, or tablet from the time I pick up my kids...

This past month I started a new practice that has been helping me immensely. The practice that I'm incorporating into my routine is to print out a copy of my weekly schedule and sit down with it for about fifteen to thirty minutes before my week starts. This started...

Everything is going great, your hard work is paying off, things seem to be happening even better than you hoped and you can see that you are on the brink of realizing your goal/vision/plan and suddenly you start to panic. You feel yourself moving from the state that...

Last Friday, I got the chance to see Deepak Chopra lecture on his new book, Super Brain. In true Deepak fashion he started by taking us on a journey through the universe, the vastness in size and the comparative smallness of human beings. From that perspective the...

I turned to the two most organized people that I know, Kirsten Fischer (Designer/Owner Chosen Interiors) and Kristen Hofstede, to answer a simple question, "what do you think are your most valuable routines that keep you organized?" I sent the email at 10:58am, by...

I had to write this post just because these words were spoken so many times today, "I'm so glad to be back on track".  Today was the first day of the January accountability groups and it so happened that each group today was comprised of people that had been meeting...

A long time ago I gave up making New Year's Resolutions in favor of choosing a theme. I hope you enjoy this video message from me to you and that you take up my challenge to find a theme for your 2013!