What’s the True Cost of Clutter?

Clutter includes things like: the dishes in your kitchen sink, unworn clothes in the closet, worn and dirty clothes on your bedroom floor, the pile of notebooks/books out on your coffee table, and scuff-marks on the walls (call me Type-A, but that definitely adds to...

Self-Regulation Made Easy

It’s that time of year to talk about making plans for change. If you want to make changes, you’ll have to figure out where you are. That means assessing your score on not just how far you’ve come, but where you can use a little more attention. Usually when we think...

Remove the Chatter

What is mind-chatter? It’s that nagging, incessant voice that drags you into a pool of judgments. It’s the elevator music singing you the repetitive tune of “Never Good Enough.” Mind-chatter is the chip on your shoulder telling you to keep...

Permanently Changing Our Behaviors

The key to permanently changing our behaviors is to change our internal state. Conceptually, it’s an easy fix. Relatively speaking, it’s probably one of the most difficult things we can do. But stick with me, and by the end of this post I hope to be able...

Who’s In Control?

There are many things that happen to us in life that are out of our control. Loved ones die, family members become abusive, strangers can turn your life inside out, upside down. When such traumatic experiences happen, especially when we’re young and beginning to shape...

Getting What You Want

Let’s put aside the notion of happiness and fulfillment for a minute. What does it mean to be successful? Depending on who you ask, this question invariably has many different responses. Regardless of how success is defined, however, it always requires two...