In this episode, I chat about a debate a friend and I had over which was more important, happiness or contentment. I explore what I discovered when I figured out that contentment is key. I chat about contentment in four ways:

When we think about self-care, we are often reacting to fatigue and burnout. What if we were proactive instead? In this episode, I chat about being proactive in all four areas of health: physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. 

There's a lot of noise in the world these days vying for our attention. What if we thought of ourselves as a lighthouse, a beacon of light for ourselves?In this episode, I chat about how we can be like a lighthouse by asking ourselves ho...

As someone who has been in a classroom for more than 50 years, I love the start of the new school year. In this episode, I talk about what makes it so magical and how we could all do ourselves a favor and treat each day like it's a fresh start....

Recently, my Calm app meditation was about how we respond to change, so I wanted to chat about it in this week's episode.Specifically, we can respond to change by letting ourselves feel the emotions, we can have a balanced perspective, a...

As an avid reader of author James Clear's weekly newsletter, I was struck by one of his ideas, chasing your desired lifestyle. So, we are diving into what that might look like for us.I'm chatting about five ideas to consider:...

This week I'm tapping into one stanza from Mary Oliver's poem, "Sometimes." In it she says:Instructions for living a life:Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it.It's really quite simple, and ...

Multitasking is a lie. The human brain was not designed to do more than one "thinking" activity at a time. What we are actually doing is task-switching, and we're not doing a very good job of it. In this episode, I talk about why that is, and I...

I'm so excited about eating better now that I know about the Yuka app. And no, I'm not a brand ambassador for them. I'm just excited about how they are educating the world about the food we are eating. The best part is that they are an independ...

I'm back! While I scheduled two replays during my recovery from surgery, I ended up not having the surgery but released the replays anyway. I hope you enjoyed them. If you haven't had a chance to listen to them, check out Episode 15...

Since I'm still recovering from surgery, I thought I would bring you my very first interview on the podcast. It happens to be with my husband Jack, and we had a lot of fun sharing our general goofiness and adventures in our marriage. Enjoy!...

Hi! If you're listening for the first time or you forgot, I'm taking a couple of weeks off to recover from my surgery. In the meantime, enjoy this replay of Episode 91, Release. It's all about releasing our inhibitions to start doing what we re...

Well, Episode 151 was supposed to be about my upcoming surgery this week and how I was feeling about it. Plot twist! I found out I have an upper respiratory infection which can negatively impact anesthesia with breathing (kind of important!), s...

The podcast turned three with this 150th episode! I'm excited to share what I've learned and what I'm looking forward to in year four. Specifically, I focus on staying in my lane, going back to doing interviews and why, and enjoying the journey...

This week I'm sharing a prompt from an essay in Suleika Jaouad's newest book, The Book of Alchemy. I am already loving this book as it is an invitation to embark on a journey of 100 days of journal writing. Each essay has a prompt at the end of...

In Episode 148, I'm excited to talk about the book, Ordinary Time, by Annie B. Jones. As someone who has lived within an hour and a half of my hometown my entire life, Annie's book resonated with me. Sometimes I've been envious of friends who h...

In Episode 147, I'm chatting about how we all need to do a better job of speaking kindly to ourselves. Often, we show others more compassion, grace, patience, and kindness than we do to ourselves. I want to challenge you to ask your...

Welcome to Episode 146, "Listen In." How well do you listen to what you need? Do you even know what you need or how to get it if you do? In this episode, we are exploring how we need to listen in to our ...

A little over six months ago, I decided to make a pivot in the podcast to focus my content on women my age and older. It didn't work out so well, and so I'm pivoting back to the original intent which is to provide examples of adventures in the ...

Recently, my husband and I went on a little getaway to Lee's Summit, Missouri, and the experience showed two examples of paying attention to detail, one in a not so attentive way and the other in an above and beyond way.In this episode I...

In this episode, I read an excerpt from Mary Pipher's book Women Rowing North. It focuses on the chapter, "Building a Good Day." I share what it was like for me from my mid-20's to mid-40's, and how that has changed now that I have few...

I've been reflective for a few reasons this spring, and I'm sharing them with you in this episode. I'm focusing on the short phrase, "And yet," and I'm hoping you will add it to your way of thinking as well.If you're new to the podcast, ...

Sometimes it's hard to sit with our emotions, and yet, this is precisely what I'm asking us to do more of in our lives. It doesn't mean that we have to figure everything out. It means we can simply sit with them, let them move through us, and f...

I saw a reel on Instagram recently and it resonated with me so much that I decided to do an episode about it. It is based on the acronym FIRE:F - Faith FirstI - Intentional TrainingR - Real FoodE - Elevate Others...

I'm not talking about spring cleaning in the traditional sense. Instead, I was inspired by Ryan Holiday's article, How I'm Decluttering My Life This Spring....