Work well provides mindfulness- and awareness-based solutions to maintain balance at work and in everyday life. How long do you expect you’ll live? Honestly ask yourself. And does your life expectancy matter to you? In addition, what quality of life would you like to have as you age? In Dan Buettner’s The Blue Zones, we learn that, in specific regions of the world, … [Read more...]
Family Shift: Helping Your Child Discover Their True Identity
Our family loves to play around with the videos and pictures we take of ourselves and each other from our smartphones. The endless filters can make you look and sound hilarious. From images that make you look old, to having long hair, no hair, big lips to strange things coming out of your ears, nose, and mouth. These apps have given us many opportunities to laugh at ourselves … [Read more...]
Felicity Mae Know
In this monthly column, Felicity offers advice in response to questions from readers according to the month's subject theme. September’s theme is “Relationships: Romantic, Professional, Friendly, and Familial.” Q: When fighting with your significant other, what is the best way to resolve conflict? – Anonymous A: Every relationship is different. For some people, … [Read more...]
Family Shift: How to Create a Healthy Family Culture
One of my all-time favorite quotes is by the legendary speaker and author Zig Ziglar. He said, “It’s just as difficult to reach a destination you don’t have as it is to come back from a place you’ve never been.” In other words, how can you arrive at your preferred destination or desired outcome if you don’t know where you’re going? The same is true for your marriage and … [Read more...]
Family Shift: How to Get on the Same Page in Your Marriage
I have always been fascinated by watching the teamwork of rowing. At first glance, it doesn’t look all that impressive watching eight people sitting on their “rears” going backward. However, the alignment, synchrony and precision of all eight blades hitting the water at the exact same time flawlessly is pretty impressive as they glide across the water. It’s the perfect … [Read more...]