No More New Year’s Resolutions
I’m a big believer in doing what you set out to do, and finding any obstacles that keep you from your goal, and breaking them down or going around them. My average reader wants help keeping New Year’s Resolutions, but there are times when no resolution is the best resolution. If […]
12 Great New Year’s Resolutions — For Your Home
We all make resolutions for ourselves — lose weight, spend more time with family, grow our hair longer, wear it shorter. However, few make resolutions for our biggest asset — our home. Here are 12 great ideas — one per month — for what homeowners […]
Do’s and Don’t for Going It Suddenly Single On New Year’s Eve
DO have reasonable expectations for the evening. You probably won’t meet Mr. Right tonight, and be engaged six months from now. You will probably have a good time or a bad time — that’s right — one or the other. Your choice. […]
Alleviating Holiday Stress When You’ve Lost a Loved One
The Importance of Grieving
Allow yourself to grieve. Pain of loss is very hard to allow. Sometimes we do all kinds of things to avoid feeling the pain. We distract ourselves. We numb ourselves. We pretend to ourselves. We sublimate our feelings and work very hard so we […]
Reaching Serenity After the Holiday Crunch
Five tips towards winding down from the holidays and heading into the New Year in peace, with a calm state of mind.
#1 - Take a moment of silence — or an hour — to ring in the new year. In this age of stimulation and 24/7 communication one of […]
Home Security During the Holidays
Five Tips for Securing Your Home During The Holidays
* Make sure your tree and electrical decorations are safe. Check for shorted out bulbs and exposed wires. Have an electrician do a run through for extra safety.
* Hire a housesitter. You can even get someone you know for free. If you’re taking […]
Three Holiday Stress-Relieving Stretching Techniques
Looking for a holiday stress reliever for the Christmas season — when you can’t afford (or don’t have time for) a massage therapist?
Try these:
*Get your circulation going. Stretch up on your tippy toes and reach for the sky, then lower your feet first, so you’re sure-footed, and bend at […]
Unusual New Year’s Eve Events
Looking for fun, under-the-wire, out-of-the-ordinary New Year’s Eve 2008 happenings that would appeal to guys in their 20’s? Go where no man has dared to go — on New Year’s Eve!
* An amusement park. Why not? How fun would that be — to welcome 2009 on a roller coaster?
* Stand by. […]
Unusual Christmas Gifts That Don’t Come In A Box
Wanna get a laugh? Give the gift they’re not expecting!
For your ex: A membership to an online dating service.
For your mom: A pile of self-help books. Then when she’s about to blow her stack, give her a piece of GOOD jewelry, thanking her for putting up with […]
Music Gifts for Kids
What are some good gifts for kids who are getting into music? Many of my readers and clients come to me for advice on gifts to give kids — their own, their boyfriend’s their girlfriend’s, their stepkids, etc. Sometimes adults don’t have kids and think a Fender Rhodes guitar is a great […]