10 Secrets of the Most Effective Leaders in the World
If you knew you only had one hour left to live, who would you call and what would you tell them? That was the question Dr. Robert Cooper left us with after his lecture last Wednesday night. Dr. Cooper, a neuroscientist and PhD, is the founder and CEO of an advisory firm called Cooper Strategic […]
19 Ways to Push Yourself When You Want to Quit
Yesterday started like many other Tuesdays: The alarm went off at 6am. Jolted out of my peaceful slumber, I was annoyed. Tired from the late night rendez-vous with my latest library book (why didn’t I just put the book down at 10pm like I said I was going to?), the last thing I wanted to […]
6 Things That Will Make You a Better Person. Guaranteed.
It would seem that there is a universal truth about people everywhere, and it is this: Everybody wants to love. And everybody wants to be loved. At the heart of love is acceptance. It’s feeling like you are a part of something that matters, trusting that someone thinks you matter, that your life is important. […]
Life Lessons From the 118th Boston Marathon
I’m always struck by how a community always seems to rally together in the face of tragedy. A terrorist act that is designed to instill fear, instead, most often seems to bring out the best in people: courage, strength, and a unity to be reckoned with. Boston is no exception, and I had the pleasure […]
Overcommitted? 10 Tips to Maximize Your Efficiency
“The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.” – Warren Buffet Wait….what? I want to be a very successful person. I really do. And in a lot of ways, I think I am. But to hear the great Warren Buffet tell me, a.k.a […]
The Zen of Arguing: 11 Rules to Win Your Next Argument
Last week, in the wake of the Chris Martin and Gwyneth Patrow break up, we talked about Conscious Coupling, and what my husband and I do to arm ourselves against the potential for splitsville down the line. It’s not foolproof, but it’s a step in the direction we want to go in: together forever. This […]
Conscious Coupling: 5 Ways to Keep You Consciously Coupled
The beginning of a romantic relationship can be frightening. To be staring in the face of knowing you can potentially love someone (other than your family) so much that if you were to lose them, you would be grief-stricken, is utterly terrifying. It’s enough to make you want to stay single forever. Well, almost. I […]
5 Ways to Conquer Your Mental Critic
The life of a writer can be a tough one. It’s very up and down, always causing us to be inquisitive, questioning our abilities, passions, desires, and even our intuition. Well, at least that has been my experience. One day I’ll have all these ideas swirling around in my head, yet I cannot seem to […]
5 Tips to Take the First Step Toward Your Dreams
It was last Monday. I was sitting on the plane, trying to hang onto every moment of the weekend I had just spent with my family in Montreal. As the weekend flew by, I tried desperately to drink it all in, taking big gulps instead of small sips, knowing that each moment was becoming my […]
Relationship Advice: 5 More Tips to Guarantee Happiness in Coupledom
I love love. And not just because of the way it looks at me, or because it’s the only one I see. And not even because it is so very very extra-ordinary, even more than anyone who I adore. I love love because love doesn’t judge. It is universal. It transcends the barriers of space […]
