Buff Up Your Brain!

I collect thoughts.  I create empowering thoughts for myself to think on purpose and I ask myself empowering questions daily.  My workspace is cluttered with post-it notes of all sizes and colors.  I have post-it notes pinned to the lampshade on my bedside table, post-it notes on the fridge, post-it

When it comes to weight loss, everyone hates a plateau.  They are so frustrating, right?  What happens when you hit a plateau in weight loss?  You feel disappointed, disheartened, frustrated, annoyed and downright angry with yourself.  So not helpful!  When you feel disappointed, annoyed and disheartened, how is the motivation

As counterintuitive as it seems, drop your expectations, they backfire.  I learned that lesson again this past week. I had a great week practicing my cello.   I practiced every day at least an hour and on two days I even practiced twice.  I was so pleased!  Then lesson day arrived. 

I am going to fess up, I am a self-help-book junkie.  I read a ton of stuff, I listen to audio books and I journal my thoughts regularly.  And I am frustrated by my turtle paced trudging through the river of misery – er change.  I may have spent the

I recently read a BBC article that reported “Doctors are not being trained to deal with what medics call non-communicable diseases – and it’s those kind of illnesses that are threatening to bankrupt our health system” and “a leading GP estimated that almost 80% of his patients had conditions linked