How I’m learning to tame my fear of uncertainty… — There are fears that keep me awake in the middle of the night and cause me to second-guess myself — they even keep me from living my dream. My biggest fear is uncertainty. The not knowing what’s next makes me uneasy and unsure whether I’ll be ready for what lies…

Life should be full of fun and relaxation — especially during the Holiday season… And just like that, the holidays are upon us. This can be a wonderful time of year but, if you’re not careful, you could build up high amounts of stress that affect you mentally, emotionally, or…

Is intellectual compatibility the key to a successful relationship? A friend from my singles group recently met and married what she termed to be “the love of her life”. …

The emoji’s expressive history…. — Written communication has to do a lot of work- emails, text messages, social media posts. Tone can easily get lost without seeing someone’s face, hearing their voice, or catching their body language. In the beginning, emoticons provided us with a way to mitigate that beyond a simple sideways smiley face…

You don’t have to win the genetic lottery… — There was a study on aging done about 20 years ago that identified and studied the longest-lived people, those who were in what they called the world’s Blue Zones. These are people who have eluded heart disease, diabetes, dementia, and several types of cancer. The study was done by Dan…

Small things that, together, make a big difference… — We’ve all experienced the feeling of being overwhelmed at times, either by our schedules or responsibilities, or just general things that happen in life. When life gets messy, hectic or chaotic, there are things we can do to make our lives lighter and simpler. Do a weekly schedule review. Take…

And how do you stop it? — Life gets so busy sometimes, and 24 hours are not enough for us to do everything we need to do. We often have a long list of priorities and sleep is at the bottom of that list. …

It is no longer something to be sneered at… — I recently came across the fact that the label ‘spinster’ went out of official usage in 2005, when the government dropped it from the marriage register thanks to the Civil Partnership Act. In an age when becoming a wife is no longer necessary or definitive, this seems almost redundant. The…

How not to paralyze yourself in the pursuit of perfection… — Today when they talk about perfectionism, they talk about it as the thing that you need to overcome in order to create your best work or ideal life. But if you’ve ever been called a perfectionist, it might be a good thing. In fact, that’s often where our genius comes…