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6 Tips to Use Your WillPower When it’s Strongest- In the Morning

If you have something that is either difficult or a top priority, make sure you do it in the morning when your willpower is the strongest.  Do the most difficult, high priority tasks in the morning...

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Take These 5 Critical Self Care Steps to Keep YOU Functioning

You really are the center of your universe. You are the common denominator in everything you do, the central factor in all your activities and relationships. You are the CEO of your life, the...

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8 Things I learned about Myself on my Trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Travel has an uncanny way of teaching you about who you are. There is something about taking yourself out of your usual routine and atmosphere that exposes things about yourself that you didn’t know,...

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Focus on Forming Just ONE Habit at a Time to Achieve More

I have been thinking a lot about habit forming lately. I have a large backlog of habits I want to develop.  I usually start with lots of motivation and somehow end up falling back into my old...

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How to Identify When Your Goals are Unhealthy

Let’s get one thing straight when it comes to habits and goals. No one needs to spend their life in a self- imposed authoritarian prison. You don’t need to develop a host of habits that sound good on...

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10 Mistakes I Made (and still make) When Trying to Eat Healthier

We have the best intentions when trying to eat healthier. Somehow we end up making mistakes along the way. These can sabotage our goals and leave us wondering why we are not seeing the results of our...

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25 Worthwhile Bite Size Goals

Are you in search of small bite size goals and daily habits that can give an instant boost to your life? Are you in search of small bite size goals and daily habits that can give an instant boost to...

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Analyze Your Habits to Understand What’s Stopping You

What’s stopping you from accomplishing the big goals you have set for yourself?  It’s important to know your “go to” hindrances/ excuses in order to remove them from your path. What’s stopping you...

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Simplify Your Life and Enjoy it More

Most of our lives are really complicated. At least we tend to think they are. There are tons of articles and books preaching “simplify your life”. There are so many that at times we tend to dismiss...

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10 Tips to Help You Prepare for and Survive a Long Haul Flight

For those who have never taken a long haul flight, the prospect might seem too daunting to even consider. If you do have a long haul flight on your horizon , you must be wondering how to get prepared...

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Harness Your Discontent to Improve Your Life for Good

Being discontented can actually have advantages. Provided that you are not clinically depressed, you can use discontent to light a fire beneath you and promote change. Being discontented can actually...

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Use This Guaranteed Way to Make Saving Happen

Raise your hand if you are a “leftover” saver. If for you, saving only happens after all your other obligations have been taken care of. I see a hand over here. Mine. What prevents us from saving? What...

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Adventures in Dubai: Day 1 Half Day Golden City Tour and Dhow Cruise

A friend of mine is thinking of taking a trip to Dubai and she reached out to me for tips on what to do. As I shared my adventures in Dubai, I decided I also want to share that information with my...

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Adventures in Dubai: Day 2 East Coast, Oman Border & Indian Ocean!

I had been looking forward to my Day 2 Adventures in Dubai for weeks. Scenic desert landscapes and lush oases awaited us in the Emirate of Fujairah, as well as views into the history and culture of the...

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Adventures in Dubai: Day 3 Dubai Nightlife

Dubai is infamous for its expansive structures and over the top exuberance, but I don’t know if bar crawling is at the top of most people’s list of what to do in Dubai! Certainly I didn’t think of...

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Adventures in Dubai: Day 4 Desert Safari & Dinner

If you are ever in Dubai you have to do the quintessential Dubai tour. I’m talking about a desert safari with dune bashing, camel rides, tanoura belly dancing, shisha pipes and a traditional dinner...

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Adventures in Dubai: Day 5 at the Dubai Mall & Burj Khalifa

You can’t go to Dubai without seeing the iconic sites. You just can’t. So Day 5 takes us to the super touristy Dubai Mall & Burj Khalifa. We even hop on a city sightseeing bus and drive around to...

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Adventures in Dubai: Day 6 Abu Dhabi & Sheikh Zayed Mosque Splendor with...

Day 6 was our final day in the UAE, and being ones to cram it all in, we headed to Abu Dhabi & Sheikh Zayed Mosque. We flew in and out of Abu Dhabi so we actually visited the emirate twice on this...

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How to Get Back on Track After Losing Your Focus

Getting  back on track after losing your focus can be a daunting task. Sometimes you get so far away you don’t know where to begin. It is so easy to get side tracked but much more difficult to get back...

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Confession: I Love to Travel But I Hate Flying!

Let me tell you. Seeing the world is one of my greatest passions. There is almost nothing that enlivens me more than traveling. And I am not talking about getting on a Greyhound bus to Washington D.C.,...

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