Category Self Empowerment

May 1st, or May Day, traditionally is celebrated to welcome the flowering season. That celebration originated from European pagan traditions and today towns throughout Europe and here in the U.S. continue to celebrate May Day with dancing around the Maypole,…

The latest employment statistics indicate that there are approximately 334,291 certified licensed massage therapists in the U.S. Thank goodness for that! The Covid pandemic pretty much shut down therapeutic massage for a long time. During Covid 19 lockdowns it was…

In 2021 President Biden signed an executive order for the elimination of noncompete documents that are used be corporations, industries, and government offices to make it impossible for valuable employees to use their talents and skills if they take a…

I love visiting other people’s homes. If you really want to get a sense of who a person is, and what’s important to them, you’ll see it when you’re in their homes. What does your home say about you? I’m…

Do you get stressed during the Holiday Season? A study by the American Psychological Association reported that over the holiday season (November to New Years) stress levels get higher. The study also showed that increased stress affects women at more…

A lot of unscrupulous companies have created some whopper lies to sell their products. Perhaps the biggest lie perpetrated over the course of decades was by the tobacco industry that claimed cigarettes are good for your health and that doctors…

Most people associate vacation time with travel and getting away.  Two years after the spring and summer Covid lockdowns of 2020, people are getting away and going places in record numbers. Travel is up 130% from 2021! But most people…

A good conversation is like a game of tennis. One player serves the ball, then the other player returns it, and back and forth the ball goes. That’s what should happen with words in a conversation. Someone starts the conversation…

It was really hard growing up with a mother who had a mental illness. Sometimes she seemed normal. Other times she would say things that were frightening and illogical. She could be gentle and then become irrational. You never quite…

“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant”, said Cary Grant. More than anyone I can think of, Cary Grant personifies the art of reinventing yourself. Grant was born on January 18, 1904 into a…