No, I’m not talking about the Ad men, from the hit AMC series, but the mad men… REAL mad men..angry men. But wait! Ladies, don’t tune out, rather, enter into guy world for a bit. Why anger? For men, it is culturally one of those emotions which feel okay to express. Growling and grimacing seem…
Dream Big! Often I find myself making Extra Large Goals, Venti-sized. Being an eternal optimist, right-brained and a big vision person; ideas, dreams and goals come in large sizes. We humans like to dream big…and should! Because of our big dreams we have walked on the moon and created the internet, only to name a…
Autumn marks the time of new inspiring changes in nature with a chill in the air, shorter days and colorful leaves. It can also provide opportunity for new experiences at work, in relationships and school environment. You or your adolescent may sense the exciting mixture joyful anticipation and fear of being inadequate for the task….
After being married for 27 years, I found myself divorced. Although the relationship was complicated and full of conflict, I still struggled with a deep sense of failure, heartbreak, loneliness, and shame. My three grown children saw the situation from completely different angles. My two daughters asked, “Mom, why did you stay with dad so…
Max Lucado speaks about life’s baggage in his book, Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens We Were Never Intended to Bear: The Promise of Psalm 23: “The suitcase of guilt. A sack of discontent. You drape a duffel bag of weariness on one shoulder and a hanging bag of grief on the other. Add on a…
Wait a minute, that’s not how the song is supposed to go! Yet, once upon a time, Summer started on Memorial Day, and, ended just after Labor Day. That provided a lengthy time period for those, “lazy days of summer.” A summer camp for the kids, and a week vacation provided most of the structure…
Do you feel like you are frequently clashing with your spouse and feel unsure why you react the way you do at times? Can you relate to the feeling of being unsure why you are responding to your child in a particular way in his or her time of “testing the waters”? It may be…
If you are an entrepreneur, following your passion and building a business is something that takes courage, positive energy and creative business planning. It means embracing the joys, living out the excitement and following the ideas that you desire to see move into fruition. As a creative entrepreneur, I enjoy mapping out the path for…
Lighted Path® Spirit Collage: How to Listen to Your Wise Mind We all seek help with making decisions at times. We want to understand how to navigate difficult situations, We get anxious and stressed with the many things we need to accomplish, We want to have more clarity and vision for our life path We…
We’ve all had them, those things that happen, seemingly out of nowhere, that catch us off-guard, just when everything was starting to smooth out a bit. All of a sudden, there it is; the UNEXPECTED. You know the ones, the kind of surprises we don’t like. It could be getting that call into HR with…