We’d all love to feel calm (less stress) and have more confidence in everything that we do. Here’s one quick and simple way to feel better immediately – go take a hike! Nature can help you, and the more you get out of your comfort zone while exploring the outdoors, the better. I just returned from my annual Montana trip. I’m a mountain girl at heart, and yet I have always lived at sea-level, so this is always a meaningful trip for me. This past trip really drove home how much I’ve learned from nature and how much I’ve gotten

In western society it’s very common for women to take on the majority of the daily decisions regarding management of the house and family life. Taken individually these are typically minor decisions, but there are a lot of them, so collectively the load can be significant. Even when there are no children, women still tend to take responsibility for most decisions in these areas which impacts our willpower. As an example, consider house cleaning.  Even if this responsibility is outsourced to a cleaning service, the female of the household may be responsible for scheduling the service, ensuring that there is

The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence states, “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” making the pursuit of happiness a fundamental right. However, even if you dedicate yourself to the pursuit of happiness, there is no guarantee that you’ll achieve it, nor are there any instructions on how to do it…

I was hopeful that the #metoo movement would push people to have a healthy dialogue around what has consistently been seen as “women’s issues”…

It’s safe to say that we all want to be happy. Although there are some people who seemingly love misery, they really don’t; they want to be happy too…