Feeling scared?
What a scary time we live in right now. Even if you are doing fine and staying healthy, fear and panic can almost overwhelm you at times.
Here’s a simple but magical phrase I’ve been using to help me manage fears, not only during this time, but for the past few years.
Life is good until it’s not. And right now it’s fine.
Let me explain how this works. [Read more…]
For years, my husband, Mike, has gone to Panera Bread almost every day for coffee and breakfast.
When he was working full time, he usually spent an hour so at Panera before heading to the university in Denver where he was a professor.
When he semi-retired five years ago, we moved to Iowa and Mike decided to continue going to Panera every day. [Read more…]
My Colorado friend Susan called this weekend.
She sounded awful—tired, grouchy and frustrated! She said, “I have totally gone down the slippery slope with my weight-loss plan. And now I can’t seem to get back on track no matter how hard I try.”
I was surprised because Susan has already lost nearly 80 pounds and had been doing great with her program. So I asked her, “What happened to your wonderful plan? Did something bad happen that got you off track? [Read more…]
A couple of months ago, I ran into the sliding glass door between my patio and my home.
It was night and dark outside. For some reason, I thought the door was open, but it wasn’t and I slammed into it pretty hard.
I rubbed my the area on my shoulder where it hit the door and assumed it would be fine the next day. But it wasn’t. [Read more…]
Kathy wanted to lose “JUST twenty pounds.”
She talked about this a lot, but since it wasn’t such a big deal, she never stayed on her diet long enough to make any progress. When I asked her about ways her weight was impacting her life, she couldn’t come up with much of anything. [Read more…]