Grief. It is one of the saddest words I have ever uttered. Simply saying the word brings a momentary feeling of melancholy, and if I’m not careful it has the potential to impact and bring me down. Grief is about one’s response to loss and the emotions experienced. It...

When I am grateful, my life feels balanced, and I feel energetic. When I am grateful, I am able to acknowledge that life is more about giving than receiving, for when I am grateful I receive the blessing of more for which to be grateful. From a young age, I was taught...

Summer has arrived! I don’t know about you, but that makes me really happy this year.  As I think about all we have experienced the past few months, I look forward to being outside with family and friends as much as possible in the weeks to come. Gatherings are to be...

“Sign. Sign. Everywhere a sign.  Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” There are signs all around us.  You see them every day, and quite frankly, you may have become immune to them because they are always there.  I am amazed at the number of people who...

Over the past 10 weeks, I have had the opportunity to look at life a little differently; my guess is you have too.  It seems as though my entire journey to self care has been about looking at life a little differently. Just over two years ago, I got remarried and...

Happy Mother’s Day! Whatever your mom title – mother, grandmother, aunt, godmother, sister, friend, stepmother (personally, I like the term bonus mom or second mom better!), someone who is like a mother – I honor you and thank you for all you do!  In these uncertain...

It has now been five weeks since the governor of Pennsylvania mandated my small business must shut down. For the first two and a half weeks, I didn’t leave my house other than to take a walk and get some sunshine.  It now looks like it will be at least another two...