Isn’t It Sad
So Gwynn and I were floating around the Interwebs the other day and happened upon a YouTube video of Lady Gaga in concert. She sounded good and was dancing around the stage putting on quite the show. Suddenly the sound track stopped and there was no music. At all. A bit awkward for a music concert.
She acknowledged [...]
10 Life Truths You Should Be Aware Of If You’re Not Already
There are countless articles, books, websites and blogs that touch on the area of personal development, self improvement or whatever you want to call it.
It’s encouraging that there are so many people wanting to make positive changes in their lives and share it with the masses.
However, there are also a lot of platitudes out there [...]
Intentional Parenting: Winner announced
Thank you everyone for sharing all of your fond family memories. Every one of them made me smile.
There were 21 of you who shared your memories and the winner of Jamie Martin’s book Steady Days is:
Maureen who shared:
“I’d have to say each summer just my sister and I would fly to California and spend 2 [...]
How to Friend Fear
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Henri of Wake Up Cloud.
We all have our fears. The problem with how we look at fears today is that it keeps us from taking action and creating the life we really want. Fear isn’t dangerous, unless you make it so. The fear of fear is scarier [...]
Eliminate Clutter Part 1: The Cost of Clutter and Where Does it Come From?
This post was first published on January 21, 2009.
It’s 7:36 am and I’m already 10 minutes late. Now where did I leave my keys? Where is my wallet? I’m supposed to mail that letter but where the heck are my stamps? I’m starting to get a headache and I’ve not had time for breakfast. [...]
Intentional Parenting: A Review and Giveaway
Jamie at Steady Mom launched her new book, Steady Days, last week and asked me if I would review it and host a giveaway. I said “Of course!”.
It’s no secret that I’m always looking for new inspiration to be able to do my job as a parent better. Although it’s title is Steady Days: A [...]
The Curse of The Golden Handcuffs
The golden handcuffs. For those of you who might not know – golden handcuffs are what we use to describe an incentive offered by an employer to an employee to entice them to stay. In most cases it’s a relatively high salary but there is also the annual bonus, stock options, retirement fund contributions and [...]
Confession Time
You think I’m perfect don’t you? Come on sure you do.
It’s difficult sometimes to get your point across without sounding preachy or like a know-it-all. By sharing my thoughts publicly as I do here and at Zen Family Habits I run the risk of misleading people. What do I mean by this?
Well, what I write [...]
30 Bloggers To Watch In 2010 Who Didn’t Make Jade’s List At Problogger
Last week Jade Craven wrote a post at Problogger called 30 Bloggers to Watch In 2010. While there were great people on that list all of whom are certainly worth watching this year, I wondered where are the noobs, the up-and-comers, the small stars ready to make it big time this year? So I thought [...]
A Change Of Scenery May Be All You Need
A while ago I wrote about how I was feeling as though I was stuck in a rut and in fact asked all of you for help on getting out of it. Your suggestions were all amazing. You had everything from mini adventures and “me time” to striking up a conversation with a complete stranger [...]









