What do YOU REALLY WANT to create in your life? Give yourself permission to dream and write it down. What about you and your life circumstances will help you create this? Write a list of all your badass skills and strengths and the resources (people, money….) you have access to. I think you’ll realize that you’re so much stronger and more capable than you think you are! Also ,with a few decades under your belt, you have access to more people (and opportunities!) than you ma

We’re living longer, healthier lives than ever before AND YET for some stupid reason almost all of us are still subscribing to the 1950’s paradigm of retirement, when a person (typically a man) would have - if lucky - a couple of years to relax and play before their final day. Now, if someone “retires” at the age of 65 they have a very reasonable chance of living another 30 years. 30 years! That’s a third of our lives!! Whether you’re considering retiring or not, it’s time

We recently returned from a trip to the Canadian Rockies and I have never seen mountains so majestic and vast… truly spectacular! Everywhere we looked we were surrounded and they seemed to go on forever. On one of our last days we hiked a peak that was like no other that I’ve climbed. A peak (at 9000 feet!) with a scramble that was sketchy at best. I didn’t know what I signed up for. The hike started off so beautifully, with streams and wildflowers and gentle inclines that

What are your first thoughts of the day? Does it have something to do with the stuff you didn't get done yesterday? The many things you need to do today? Your concerns about tomorrow? If yes, that is no way to start your day. Instead, begin your day with a little anticipation.... Ask yourself... "What am I looking forward to today? This is a question I ask myself in the shower every morning. And if I can't think of anything, I create it.

You're so much stronger than you think you are. With decades under your belt... You've moved mountains, accomplished great things and overcome lots of challenges. You've been doing that since the day you were born. And you've become stronger with every win and with every challenge you've overcome. You just don't think about that. In fact, you likely do the opposite. We humans tend to think about the problems, challenges and the thing we didn't do so well. We don't dwell o

You are like a plant. Too little sun and water, and you won’t thrive. Too much sun and water, and you won’t thrive either. You need balance. To live well, you need the perfect amount of work, fun, rest, challenge, peace and love. If the balance is out of whack, you'll feel it. And if it's out of whack for too long your body will scream at you. Are you listening? Sometimes the most beautiful thing you can do is ask yourself... "What do I need right now?" Ask yourself

I've worked with hundreds of people and the grand majority of them have one thing in common: They don't give themselves permission to do the thing they want to do. They are waiting... to have more money, for more time, to have better health, more knowledge... for a bullet-proof plan, to be enough.

I had a sobering experience this week... I challenged myself to take a Barre class and it totally kicked my butt. Who knew a ballerina bar with lots of small, deceptively demanding exercises could be such a challenge! Yikes! I've always viewed myself as a pretty athletic person, able to go on a hike, a bike ride or anything else I felt like doing at a moments notice. I don't want that to change and I'm realizing, it just might, if I don't change. Why? Because, little-by-li

Back in my NYC days, I loved rollerblading around Central Park. Despite the epic fall that created the largest, most magnificent bruise I have ever seen, I loved it. The freedom, the speed, the coolness of experiencing the city that I love on 4 tiny wheels.\ I was 28 then, and I remember my mom's snide remark like it was yesterday... "When are you going to grow up, Dana? You're not going to actually rollerskate when you're 30, are you? " And my proud and defiant retort of

If you're feeling worried, overwhelmed, depleted and/or down this this little guy has you covered. When he says "EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT", I believe him. Perhaps you will too. Enjoy!! And have a wonderful rest of the week! Seriously, don't worry. "Worry" is brilliant at only one thing - Robbing you of this moment. And this moment - no matter how challenging it is - has some beauty in it. I promise.

I've been thinking alot lately about the preciousness of life and the gift of every one of these days we have here on earth. My dad just passed and he was fortunate to be gifted 31,540 of these days. It brings me so much peace to know that the last 16 years of his life was lived with an abundance of laughter and love... the happiest years of his life. Here's a video that so beautifully illustrates, in jelly beans, the preciousness of The Time You Have. My hope is you are spe

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