by TAadministrator | Jan 19, 2016 | Brain, Habits, Mindset
There is something infinitely freeing about doing all your own chores. For years I tried multiple different approaches to get my ex-husband to help me: dividing the chores in half (e.g. bathroom & bedroom vs kitchen and sitting room), rotating them week to week,...
by TAadministrator | Jan 12, 2016 | Brain, Habits, Mindfulness
I’ve just moved house. It was exhausting and exhilarating. I sorted: keep, donate, sell. I packed: with the help of dear friends. I moved: with the help of dear friends and a great moving company. I am unpacking: with the help of dear friends and a lot of personal...
by TAadministrator | Dec 9, 2015 | Brain, Habits, Mindfulness, Vision
When the holidays descend on us, we have many aspects to manage – the travel, the gifts, family, the food…. For some of us it can feel totally overwhelming. I sat down with my friend Tammy Svenson the other day to come up with some of our top issues, so that we...
by TAadministrator | Oct 28, 2015 | Brain, Habits
In about 7 months, I turn 40. For some reason in our Western mindset, 40 is a big birthday. I suspect it’s because life expectancy is 78.8 years, here in the U.S., so, 40 is middle-aged: half a life! Research suggests that what keeps us young is constantly learning...
by TAadministrator | Oct 6, 2015 | Brain, Stress
Life is stressful. Some of the stress is ongoing, like a chronic condition – a generalized feeling of anxiety, perhaps associated with someone at your job, with a fear of not being able to make your mortgage or rent payment because your work does not provide a...
by TAadministrator | Sep 2, 2015 | Brain, Mindfulness, Vision
We all struggle with something. Some days it’s the size of our thighs, or our inability to say ‘no’ to a second slice of pie, other days it’s a relationship that we seem not to be handling well, or one that we keep returning to, even if it doesn’t serve...