Happiness

Every year I love using the quiet time after the hustle and bustle of Christmas and before the New Year to figure out my next big goal. While you are contemplating your past year’s accomplishments...

With the New Year around the corner, I thought I'd share my tips on goal setting. Towards the end of each year, I love to curl up by the fire with a notebook and day dream about how to make the next...

On New Year’s Eve at a dinner party, I drew the challenge to swim around Burgh Island and to say Fandabidozi when asked “How are you?” What I thought was a lark ended up spurring me into action and...

It is all too easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of the holiday season and go shopping for gifts, leaving you with a big credit card bill in January. Instead, what if, this year, you had the...

When I lived in New York City, every Friday after work I’d go to the late great Raja Shaheen—I do miss her so much—for a completely relaxing head-to-toe massage. Absolutely blissful! This erased the...

Over the last few years, I have shifted my gift-giving and personal consumption towards sustainable gifts. And it’s that time of year again! The holidays are just around the corner. With the ongoing...

Do you maximize or satisfice? My husband says that no matter what we do, I’m never satisfied. Actually, I’m very content with the lovely life we’ve created. At the same time, I’m always looking for...

If someone asks you how you are and you answer, “Busy” instead of “Fine” then you are too busy! This calls for immediate intervention. Inevitably, we all have busy times in our lives when we are...

I thought I’d do a mid-year update on my fandabidozi and let you know what I’ve been working on personally this year.  As I recounted in an earlier blog, I realized I needed to snap out of a Covid...

Now that sitting is the new smoking, I needed to come up with things that make being in the office a lovely experience. I’m the first to admit that I can get so caught up in my work that I lose...

Father’s Day is just around the corner! If you haven't already purchased a special gift for the fathers in your life, it's time to do so now! So, why not go green with your gift this year? I’ve put...

Why is meditation important, especially now?* With the Russians waging war in the Ukraine and the recent horrific shootings, we need to do something. While it is easy to feel helpless and do...