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Beyond Counting Sheep: 7 Tips for Deep, Refreshing Sleep

Jul 12, 2018 | General

The benefits of a restful sleep cannot be understated. Waking rested improves your emotional, mental, and physical health. With a good sleep you can start the day without an alarm clock, refreshed and energized and with no need for a caffeine fix to get going. Getting...

Why Social Connection is Good for your Health and 6 Steps to Improve Yours

Sep 19, 2017 | Communication, General

“One of the most beautiful qualities of a good friendship is to understand and to be understood.” –Seneca One of the most severe forms of punishment in Roman times was exile, isolating one from friends and family. A recent meta-study on loneliness (a study which...

The Rainmaker: The Problem with Families and How to Transform Yours

Mar 19, 2013 | General

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” begins Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. I think Tolstoy meant that unhappy family memories are uniquely your own. Even though decades may have passed, these memories can resist the effects...

Finding Success Through Connection (Appearance on local TV Show)

Dec 2, 2012 | General

“There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?” —Kin Hubbard 4 Key Elements of Personal and Business Success I recently appeared in an episode of Success by Design, a local television show which helps small...

Departures and Arrivals: Easing Transitions by Connecting to Life’s Intrinsic Rhythms

Sep 13, 2012 | General

All of us are pilgrims on the earth. I’ve even heard it said that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.–Maxim Gorky (1903) On the ferry from Nanaimo to Vancouver today. A beautiful, warm, sunny day; the channel islands, lighthouses, and...

Breathe Deeply, Go Slowly, and Relax: Visual Cues to Help you Breathe and Rejuvenate

Aug 30, 2012 | General

“Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.”—L. Frank Baum When you work on your computer, do you find yourself hunching forward, squinting as you concentrate, your breathing constricted as you focus on the task at hand? Do you later find your shoulders and...