During the holidays, we often set impossible standards and place unrealistic demands on ourselves in an attempt to provide and enjoy the perfect season. Rather than enjoy, however, we feel stress about the shopping, the spending, holiday events, and pleasing others. When we are feeling the most overwhelmed, it is a good time to reflect… Read more »
Physical activity is a key component to overall wellness. But, many people fail to achieve a healthy lifestyle because they try to achieve too much too fast. Becoming fit and healthy is a process and the duration is different for each individual. It is helpful to take one step at a time to reach your… Read more »
Our lives are constantly changing – getting married, moving to a new home, starting a new job, having a new baby, facing an empty nest, retiring – all of these changes happen to most of us. There are simple, normal, everyday changes that have to be faced – just getting older, or even, to a… Read more »
Do you need the dishes done when you go to bed but your partner is fine to leave them until morning? Arguments about household chores are common among couples. We enter relationships with expectations and assumptions based on what we learned growing up. Did our mother stay at home and do all of the housework… Read more »
It’s finally Spring and beyond celebrating the end of winter and the promise of warm-weather activities, I start to get the itch to get my surroundings in order, and my thoughts turn to Spring cleaning. There is a real co-relation between clutter and our emotional state. Clearing away clutter can be freeing, but it is… Read more »
As busy lifestyles become so commonplace, the volume of commitments for families can feel overwhelming. This may be based on pressure to keep up with peers, an aspiration that the activity may lead to a professional career for our children, or even because it’s a way of dealing with our own lost childhood opportunities. Whatever… Read more »
“I’m really busy,” seems to be the catch phrase of the day. The busier we are, the more important we feel. Then we become hooked on the fast-paced life and the status we think it brings – you think you’re busy – wait till you hear what I’m doing. But eventually, we realize that being… Read more »
Now that December is upon us, I feel a little panic, knowing that I only have a few weeks to get everything ready for the big day. It can be difficult to summon enthusiasm for the season when you are already running a tight schedule and are now further surrounded by the hubbub and added… Read more »
In our region, we have enjoyed a fabulous summer and an exceptionally warm autumn. But talk is abounding about an approaching winter that could be one for the record books. Many people dread this time of year and simply dream about the prospect of springtime. But, are we going to spend a quarter of our… Read more »
Fall is officially here, summer is a distant memory and we’re a couple months into the thick of things at work. For many in the working world, we’ve entered a time where demands have increased and time is limited. In addition, your working world may be presenting other challenges that add to your unease. Here… Read more »
We hope you find some of the these archived blog posts useful as we all look to manage and find the joy in daily living.