Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category

7 Tips To Raise Your Happiness Level TODAY

It’s not exactly new that there are lots of opportunities for feeling unhappy, disgruntled, and depressed these days. Most of us are in some way less than pleased about our situation in life, our bank balance, so on and so forth. That’s probably the human condition since time immemorial; cave dwellers probably felt on some [...]

April 20, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Sane, Tips  No Comments

Book Review: Annie Freeman’s Fabulous Traveling Funeral

Books, of course, can be great resources for helping us stay sane and certainly also can help us take a mental escape from the  insanity of everyday life. Accordingly, (and especially for women) here’s a guest post from one of my favorite people in the world: I have had the joy and heartaches of  being [...]

April 14, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Tips  No Comments

We The People…Make Your Priorities Heard

I’ve been interested in this relatively new website called “White House Two,” which is meant to give the man or woman on the street the opportunity to voice their priorities for the country to the White House and to their “fellow Americans.” Nearly 8,000 people have joined the site, including yours truly. Not surprisingly, it’s [...]

March 18, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Resources, Sane, Tips  One Comment

Ten Ways To Simplify Your Life Today

In today’s relatively manic world, it’s very common for many of us to feel as though our lives are out of control. The good news is that if we are feeling that way, it doesn’t have to be permanent. Read on for some simple advice that any of us can use to help simplify our [...]

March 15, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Sane, Tips  No Comments

Interesting Website about Websites

I just ran into one of those rarities–an interesting site about sites. It’s called “Great Sites To Visit” and is located here: Great Site Reviews. The web is so big, and there is so much stuff out there, (along with a lot of crap!) that it can be maddening to try to find interesting websites/good [...]

March 8, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Resources, Tips  No Comments

Too Little Too Late; lessons for every business

I’ve been thinking about customer service a lot lately. As someone who does/has done a lot of work and a lot of selling online, for many years now, and who also had a  lot of (basically tortured interesting) experience working with the public face to face in retail,  I have a lot of experience with [...]

February 21, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Insane, Resources, Sane, Tips  4 Comments

We Freak Out Over So Little

I saw a great comment on Twitter lately; having to do with the recent kerfluffle over Facebook’s (now reversed)change in their “Terms of Service,” where for perhaps a period of 24 hours it said something like “All your data are belong to us forever and always if you put it on Facebook.” Within hours, after [...]

February 18, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Insane, Tips  One Comment

When All Else Fails, Keep a Sense of Humor

Ah, another day in paradise.  A lot of the time, I am very lucky that it comes fairly naturally to me to stay focused in remembering the many, many things that I have to feel grateful about. Unlike many of my clients and friends I don’t struggle daily with major, major anxiety. Every day, for [...]

February 16, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Sane, Tips  2 Comments

Six Ways To Keep Yourself Centered In Gratitude

It’s ever so easy—particularly when times are tough as they are for lots of us economically right now— to focus on what’s wrong or what’s missing in one’s life. I’ve been shuffling around on this mortal coil long enough to know that what we pay attention to in our lives grows and gets bigger. I [...]

February 6, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Tips  No Comments

The Importance of Keeping a Positive Attitude

When you look around, it’s easy to think that the culture in the USA is not one that lends itself toward caring for one another (though there is some hope among we liberal types that the tide may be turning to a degree.) It’s easy to get discouraged in these “interesting times” (as the Chinese [...]

February 5, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Tips  No Comments