Look & Feel Your Best

October 30, 2014October 29, 2015

5 more of my favorite TED talks

Inspiration, Look & Feel Your Best, The Examined Life

A few months ago I shared 5 of my favorite TED talks, and was promptly besieged for requests for more inspiration in 19-minute bursts. These are 5 more of my favorite ... Read more

October 22, 2014August 15, 2016

“The future belongs to the super-techies, the conscientious, and the thick-skinned.”

Inspiration, Look & Feel Your Best, The Examined Life

I’m fascinated by cultural trends and generational shifts. Will knows this, and brought home this highly quotable line from a recent conference he attended. The topic was the future workplace. While ... Read more

September 24, 2014September 24, 2015

Practice saying these five words out loud.

Inspiration, Look & Feel Your Best, The Examined Life, Way With Words

I can’t remember who brought it to my attention, or why, but this year I’ve been working hard on accepting compliments graciously. Like too many other women, deflecting compliments was a ... Read more

September 10, 2014May 1, 2015

Trigger points.

Look & Feel Your Best, My Life, The Examined Life, Time Management, Work & Family

I’ve had a post bumping around in my head for a while now about trigger points: I’m talking about those metaphorical buttons that may or may not cause us to flip out ... Read more

September 8, 2014September 2, 2016

Say it like you mean it.

Look & Feel Your Best, The Examined Life

This is the story I tell most about my grandfather. After he retired from sitting on the bench, my grandfather donated his time to the Kentucky School for the Blind. Way ... Read more

August 4, 2014May 1, 2015

I take the long way home.

Look & Feel Your Best, My Life, Reflections, The Examined Life

As a born maximizer, I love my GPS: I like knowing the most efficient route to reach my destination. But as I’ve gotten older (and wiser, I hope) I’ve realized there are ... Read more

June 5, 2014June 4, 2016

Making a fresh start (and ditching my alarm clock).

Look & Feel Your Best, My Life, The Examined Life

I know I shouldn’t sleep with my iPhone, but when our alarm clock started misbehaving back around Christmastime, I started doing it anyway. I only needed its alarm, but of course—of ... Read more

May 27, 2014February 26, 2019

After you lose something you want.

Look & Feel Your Best, Reflections, The Examined Life

Back in December, I attended a focus group held by a couple of local realtors who were trying to refine their sales process. We weren’t looking seriously for a house ... Read more

May 26, 2014March 5, 2021

How to Quit Diet Coke

Food & Recipes, Health & Fitness, Inspiration, Look & Feel Your Best

I’m sorry to say that I have tons of experience with quitting Diet Coke. That stuff is addictive: I have a long history of giving it up, only to relapse ... Read more

March 17, 2014May 1, 2015

Ask, seek, knock. Even though it’s super uncomfortable.

Look & Feel Your Best, Reflections, The Examined Life

We had prayers for healing in church yesterday. Everyone was invited to go forward and ask for healing in mind, body, or spirit, and a priest would lay hands on ... Read more