Happiness

Do you enjoy your house? I love everything about real-estate. It's a fun hobby to me. At the moment, we have three houses, so I am not in the market to buy another. However, I like looking just to...

According to the research in a 2019 study, Americans say they spend too much on entertainment. How can you spend too much on having fun (i.e., going out to dinner, shopping and vacations)? I was...

The word frugality has always sounded a bit negative to me, so I prefer not to use it. I noticed that Vicki Robin, author of Your Money or Your Life, agrees with me. She was bemoaning the fact that...

Mother’s Day is almost here! It’s a wonderful day to celebrate the special women in your life. Sometimes, finding just the right gift can be a challenge. This year, why not honor Mother Earth, as...

Unbeknownst to me, my theme for the year was established when I drew a slip of paper at a New Year’s Eve party. It contained my challenge: to say “Fandabidozi!” when asked, “How are you?” In case...

Some people think that happiness is a destination or a place to get to. This is inevitably a trap. Maybe you say, “I’ll be happy when (fill in the blank)." For example, "I’ll be happy when I have...

Is it possible to attract what we want in life? Most of us have been taught that the way to get what you want is to set a goal, create a strategy and then go for it. However, if you take a look at...

The most popular blogs from 2021 all seem to have one theme in common: they utilize the Law of Attraction to bring about wealth and happiness. Below, I list my top five most popular blog posts from...

One of the reasons I wanted to be a life coach was to learn how to change a person’s life with a sentence. I learned from the late Thomas Leonard a life coaching skill called “messaging.” Messaging...

What could be better amidst the holiday festivities and preparations than putting your feet up with a friend or two and having the best cocktail in the world? I’ve put together a short list of...

With all the attention on climate change and the need to live more environmentally-friendly lives, I thought it was important to find ways to have an eco-friendly holiday season. A few years ago I...

One of my clients has gone through a difficult divorce. Years later, she still feels bitter about the whole thing. She didn’t get a fair settlement and has struggled financially ever since. She...