n Paris was and is one of my guilty binge-worthy pleasures.  The setting, the clothes, the characters.    I prepared for my vacation there this week by doing all the normal things one does for a trip.   I packed, organized, and shut out all the unthinkable things that occurred during the week by rewatching...Read More

In this unprecedented time, more than ever we are needing skills and insights to cope with stress, negative self chatter, and feelings of disconnection.  I am part of a free online series, with other experts, that have come together to offer you our expert wisdom and experience to help you through these times. This Free...Read More

by Andrea Goeglein Life is Beautiful.  It struck me that those three simple words are as powerful a statement as any well constructed “I am…” statement.  When asked, “How are you?”, simply responding, “life is beautiful” declares somewhere, somehow, in your life, that is true.  Notice, I did not suggest you respond, “Everything is beautiful”...Read More

By Andrea Goeglein Where is Great?  When the checkout attendant asked me that question, I had to ask her to repeat it.  “What?” She looked just as puzzled as I was as she repeated, “Where is Great?” Then I broke out laughing. Moments before she had greeted me with a customary greeting, “how are you...Read More

Crack may not grow on trees, but it cannot dim the light of greatness. Picture this: panhandler on Fremont Street holding sign which reads:  Crack Does Not Grow On Trees I shook my head but the sign made me smile and I said to the young man holding the sign, “You have a good sense...Read More

The legendary Michael Jackson came to be known as many things during his short lifetime, but I never remember ‘spiritual teacher’ being one of them.  I, however, was sent on a mission to find the lyrics of Jackson’s Man In The Mirror  after reading the following passage by the 1920s spiritual philosopher, Ernest Holmes: “Life...Read More

Have you ever wondered what you are telling yourself when you are drawn to a quote?  In my never ending attempt to keep my desk somewhat organized, I collected up some pages I had torn out of here and there with quotes that must have caught my spirit on some day.  Here is what I...Read More

Oh, yes it will if you follow the attitude of the man in this story! In my post, It Won’t Last, I described the shocking attitude of a fellow walker I met on a beautiful Las Vegas morning. I discussed my post with editor extraordinaire, Katherine Armstrong, who is an accomplished runner currently training for...Read More

I have a fun habit of reducing a date to its numerological number.  The way it works is you take a date:  04-13-2012 and you add the numbers individually: 4+1+3+2+0+1+2 = 13, 1+3 + 4.  Today I noticed that the number was 13, 4 – on 4/13….I’ve been doing this a long time and just...Read More

Sunday, as I watched Christopher Plummer receive the Oscar for best supporting actor at the age of 82, I smiled.  For the second time in as many weeks I had seen a person live out their dream at a time in life when traditionally they would have been told they were suffering from dementia just...Read More