Talkin’ About the Relationship: Too Much Chatter?

You’re frustrated with your love life (or with things in your life) and you want to talk about it. Can you get things back on track or is it time to move on? Maybe you don’t spend as much time together and you want to hash it out. Or, you’re both changing and you need to discuss how to be on the same page. Before you have a big pow-wow session, think again.

This may not be a popular statement, but I’m going to say it anyway. I think we women talk too much to our partners … about our relationships or things that bug us. There, I’ve said it because I do it myself. Read more

When Your Ex Has Moved On (Don’t Boil Over …Get Cookin’)

The divorce is behind you and everything is settling in your life … or not.

And then it happens. He gets a girlfriend, his business soars, he’s more successful than ever, he buys a fabulous home, he elopes out-of-the-blue or quite simply, he’s really happy. You may be happy too, except you feel your life hasn’t moved to a new level or at the same pace as his. You keep comparing. And dare I say, even feel a bit jealous.

Instead of boiling over with anger, resentment and envy, start building your life in the direction you want it to go. Why? Because you want to or else you wouldn’t keep peeking into your ex’s life to see what’s going on. Read more

Does Your Desk & Office Welcome Clients (& You)?

A Desk Cleared of Clutter Sends a “Welcome”
… to your clients and prospects. It lets them know that you want to do business with them when there is a place for them to sit and a space for them to write. Read more

Time Yourself Out

Are you overdue for time off for good behavior? (For any behavior, come to think of it.)

Vacations are supposed to be time away to restore and rejuvenate, but it is becoming harder and harder to accomplish this if you insist on being away with a cell phone, a PDA, and a laptop. Whenever you do manage to get away, be sure to take some real time to take care of yourself. Begin by losing the schedule you follow when you are at home or at work. Create a vacation schedule that is packed with only those things you really want to do that will relax and refresh you. Read more

Women in Transition: Time for Your Well Being

You find yourself a woman in transition.  You are either children- free on the weekends, a primary parent, live alone, have an empty nest, your relationship just ended, you’ve lost your spouse or are caregiver to an elderly parent.  How do you make  quality time count?

Think back. You don’t even have to reach into your memory too far. What was that thing you always wanted to do or keep putting off? Remember when you recited regularly, “I’m so crazed. If only I had time to ________.” Read more

Getting in Shape for Dating

When I realized I was back in the dating game after 13 years of marriage, I panicked.

Was I datable in my 40’s?
Running to the mirror, I critiqued every part of my body. Did I need to get highlights, manicured nails, tighter abs? How could I look younger, sexier, thinner? And, what about those little lines on my face that I never had when I was younger. Not to mention stretch marks from two kids and a few gray hairs on my head.

Get Back to Reality
I envisioned a Romeo, Prince Charming, or Don Juan riding up on, you know what, his white horse and then looking at my imperfections and turning back around. My mind swirled with thoughts about improving my appearance…quickly. Should I botox, whiten my teeth and do stomach crunches for months in preparation for the dating world? After a brighter smile (I admit it), reality did rush back into my racing mind and made me think twice. What I needed to work on first went deeper than what was on the surface.

Here’s how to really get into shape, from the inside out, and get into the dating game: Read more

The Awareness Diet

How would you like to find your “last” diet and have it work for you for the rest of your life? Wouldn’t it be nice to know the secret formula to weight loss and energy? Look no further, the answer lies within. Read more

Build Yourself An Inexpensive Home Gym

No time to workout? Health clubs too expensive? Want that something extra to supplement home workout videos? Here are a few a great suggestions for achieving a healthy body: An inexpensive home gym!

Variety is the spice of life, and you can create a nifty circuit-training program that provides everything from core training to cardio conditioning to resistance exercises for under $250. Here’s what you need: Read more

Don’t Stop, Keep Exercising

You’ve started an exercise routine and feel good. But, getting to the gym gets harder and harder to do.

Studies show that as little as a 5% reduction in body weight can help reduce some of the risk factors associated with obesity and can help improve some of the symptoms linked to diabetes and high cholesterol. So stay mortivated, don’t procrastinate and keep on exercising. Read more