fear

What if life just sucks?

That’s what life transition coach Paula Harvey and I talked about in a recent teleseminar. Sounds lovely, doesn’t it?
Actually, it was! Let’s be realistic, sometimes life is difficult and we really feel beaten down, or we have people in our life who are going through a bad time and find it hard to believe in [...]

Worried about this or that? Read this

The following is a reprint of a blog post that touched me. It was written by Andrea Stenberg, a friend of mine who specializes in teaching entrepreneurs to use social media profitably.
“I just came back from a family reunion in Hodgeville Saskatchewan – population 150ish. One day my Uncle Felix and Aunt Hilda began telling [...]

Getting through hard times is easier when you embrace life’s gifts

“People who outlive their prognosis are people who embrace life and everything life brings us.”
That is a quote from an article on cancer survivors in April 2009’s Alive Magazine (Canada’s Natural Health and Wellness Magazine, www.alive.com).
I find this an inspiring statement about how to get through any difficulty, health and otherwise.
Those of us who embrace [...]

How to keep fear at bay; lesson learned today in the locker room

This morning, I was reminded of how contagious fear is.
I was at the gym and a few of us were in the locker room getting ready to leave after our aerobics class. One woman was saying how they normally travel to Europe every year but won’t go this year because she didn’t think it was [...]