Imagine a life of ease. Each day pleasantly surrounded by the familiar. No major challenges. Sounds good?We may try to create this life for ourselves by keeping our work, relationships and interests well within our comfort zone.

Life is predictably unpredictable. One minute, all is calm, all is bright. The next, we are gently bumped (or knocked for a loop!) outside our comfort zones. Whether we land shakily on our feet or are sent sprawling . . .

A cluttered work or home environment, filled with stuff we no longer need or use, robs us of vital energy we could be using for creative, full-tilt living. Whether we are aware of it or not, those piles waiting for sorting, recycling, repair . . .

Once upon a time, there was a poor man who came into possession of a magic oil lamp housing a powerful wish-granting genie . . . Wouldn’t it be amazing to have your own genie, as Aladdin did?

Superfoods like royal bee jelly and blue-green algae enhance our physical well-being. In the same way, there are states of being that enhance our emotional and mental well-being, contributing to success in life.

Several evenings ago, I was on Skype, talking with friends vacationing in France. Skype is magical. I could see my friends, flushed from a day of hiking and a sumptuous repast; and they could see me, offering their three dogs treats.

Every once in a while, I awaken from a deep sleep, aware that I have had another ‘teaching dream’— a dream in which I am given clear instructions for living. Recently, on the heels of writing my newsletter about procrastination . . .

When I first became an energy kinesiologist back in 1989, I was concerned. If I was going to be in a position of facilitating change, there would be times I would be offering advice. Would I have the integrity to walk my talk?

For many years, I suffered from an acute case of Shrinking Violet Syndrome or S.V.S.. I was more comfortable sneaking around the edges of life, dodging acknowledgement rather than standing center stage, visible and at ease.

I’m puzzled. Over the past 3 months, my kefir has been acting strangely. Kefir is a fermented, milk-based beverage that originated in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia and Georgia. For generations this microbial brew . . .

The last time I saw my father, he gave me a gift—simple words of wisdom that inspire me to this day. For the previous two years, I had been visiting him in his memory care unit, sometimes daily.

Every August, the Cornish Fair seizes our town with a particular kind of madness. Everyone gets sucked into a whirling vortex of non-stop activity, in both cheerful cooperation and goodnatured competition.

Every day, many times a day, we are called on to make choices. These choices will either send us in the direction we are wishing to go in life, or they won't. It's up to us which way we choose to go.

Self-confidence is the inner knowing that, despite any obstacles, we can be who we want to be, think for ourselves, speak with conviction and do what we choose to do. Self-confidence can shine inside us like . . .

It’s a blue-sky day. Crystal clear tropical waters are gently lapping the shore. A family of four has gathered at the water’s edge for their annual here-we-are-in-paradise family photo. And they are all lost in gazing . . .

Have you ever had the experience of blurting something out which you never meant to say? Something that you never even knew you were thinking? We are like icebergs traveling through life with 10% . . .

Shrinking Violet Syndrome, or S.V.S., is a serious condition that affects people from all walks of life, and women business owners in particular. People afflicted with this syndrome sit on the edges of life’s dance floor . . .

Inertia comes from the Latin root ‘iners’ meaning idle, and we often associate it with laziness. But in physics the word loses this negative association. It is alive with possibility. Describing inertia, Sir Isaac Newton says every body . . .

I have been lucky. Throughout my career as a coach and kinesiologist, I have had a steady flow of referrals from doctors, therapists, teachers and enthusiastic clients who believe in my work.