
Are You A Victim of Gaslighting Abuse?
What do Alfred Hitchcock, old-fashioned gas-powered lamps, and self-doubt have in common? A form of mental and emotional abuse called...

Shut Up and Try
I wasn’t quite sure what to think when I first saw this Sidewalk Chalk Art until I gave it a second look. Then it all came together for...

Be a Fruit Loop In a World Full of Cheerios
We always had a box of Cheerios in our pantry when I was growing up. As I remember it, Cheerios was a staple in our breakfast diet. Most...

Don't Grow Up (It's a Trap)
Think of the Peanuts cartoon character, Snoopy… what’s the first image that comes to mind? For some of us, it may be seeing Snoopy lying...

Stop Here and Listen to the Birdies
I like to spend a few minutes every morning listening to the beautiful harmonies of all the songbirds that live in our backyard. Robins,...

Stand There and Be Happy
More than 40 years ago, Drs. Frank Minirth and Paul Meier wrote a wonderful book titled Happiness Is a Choice. They wrote, “happiness can...

Stand Here and Think of Someone You Love
I don’t know about you, but when I think of someone I love, a smile comes across my face! It’s almost like it’s a law as inexorable as...

Say It
This lovely little piece of sidewalk art makes me immediately think of Louis Armstrong’s song, What a Wonderful World! “I see skies of...

Dealing With Anxiety at Work
All of us know that work can be stressful, even hardly bearable at times. For most of us, our jobs are our livelihoods. Not only that, a...

7 Ways to Cope With Anxiety
Anxiety can be crippling. It can be constant and last all day, playing in the background or constantly nagging. It can also come up at...