Successful relationships are built upon respect and trust; communication is a key element in strengthening both. Talk about issues as soon as they come up. If there are strong feelings involved, wait until you are calm enough to be kind, then guarantee the best result...

If you were to make a list of your top three problems, worries or concerns, chances are your body would be at the top of the list.  When we mentally beat ourselves up every day, we shouldn’t be surprised by feeling tired, fat and ugly. Most of us are unhappy with how w...

I am surrounded by people who spend a lot of energy focusing on eating healthy food. When I was young my Mother would put wheat germ in almost everything she made! I even remember her putting Brewer’s Yeast in the freshly squeezed orange juice my Dad gave us for breakf...

Have you experienced a time when nothing is really going wrong in your life but you find you’re feeling down and depressed? One possible reason could be you’re sick and tired of doing the same things over and over again, day in and day out.  Maybe you don’t have any go...

When you’re feeling off kilter or out of whack, do a mental inventory of what’s been going on in your life lately. Have you experienced a recent trauma? Has there been a really big change in your routine? Is there a situation that’s causing a huge amount of stress? If...

I used to commute to a job an hour away. I got up early, drove for two hours. Worked a full day and then drove home in rush hour traffic. Including my lunch hour I was away from home for eleven hours every weekday. During this time, there was a 21-day period when I had...

There are many ways to keep a journal. You can keep a daily log of your activities, document what goes on in your family, write down personal feelings or impressions, or keep a list of your blessings in a gratitude journal.

In the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron,...

When you’re depleted, when you’ve been too strong for too long, learn to recognize you have some unmet needs. It’s hard to put on a happy face day after day, eventually your emotional reserves are exhausted. When you’ve stuffed your feelings over and over until you fal...

I've been thinking a lot lately about boundaries. So many people seem to let their family members or their bosses run all over them. A couple of friends have shared stories and situations with me that seem ridiculous. Sometimes we get so caught up in pleasing other peo...

This morning, instead of doing my usual routine of jogging around the park for 45 minutes, I woke up early and decided to drive up Provo Canyon. As I drove, the sun was just peeking over the top of the mountains. I saw people running on the Murdock trail, I passed the...