Last week I wrote an article on how to reduce your Holiday Stress and Overwhelm.  I received a lot of nice messages about how helpful the article was. If you missed it, click here to read it!  I also received feedback that sometimes, for some people, the stress and the overwhelm builds to a level inside of you that you just need to LET IT OUT!  (Their words, not mine!)  

Even when we do our best to minimize stress and overwhelm, things can get to us.  In an effort to help in this regard, I decided to address that subject in this week’s article.  I do understand that feelings can build in each of us to the point that we just want to scream…

Few things in life can bring on new highs for stress levels like the holiday season. There is so much going on during this time of year in both our personal and professional lives.  For many of us, year end brings about a bounty of dead-line induced activities, added to our already overloaded plate, all of which needs to get wrapped up by December 31.  And speaking of wrapped up, there are all those gifts to buy for a ton of people on your list.  The extra strain on the personal finances is a big contributor to our stress levels.  Add in potential travel, kids out of school, holiday baking, decorations to put up, getting your home clean for the company that is coming, and, oh yeah, all the stuff that is already on your “to do” list, it’s no wonder...

Election day has finally came and went and our lives continue.  The country was obviously very divided for this election and, as a result, about half of the people are waking up this morning happy that their candidate won, and about half are waking up feeling like this country is doomed.  This would still be the case if the election had gone the other way.

If your candidate lost, I have included some ideas for “getting up”...

It is empowering to know that living a life of Up or Getting Up (But Never Down) is a choice that we make on a daily basis.  Let's take a simple example:  Yesterday was a great day.  You were happy.  You were excited for life.  You were energized.  You smiled at the people you passed in the halls.  It was a really good day!  Today, however, sucks.  Big time. You're in a bad mood.  Nothing seems to be going right.  You are not happy.  You are definitely not energized or, if you are, it is a very negative energy.  What changed?  Barring some...

One of the key concepts for living a life of Up or Getting Up (But Never Down) is "Manage Yourself," and one of the key elements of managing yourself is to get a handle on everything you are wanting/needing to finish.  This would include the little things, like "Get new tires put on the car" to the big things, like "Retire financially secure by the time I am 50."   In other words, a full list of ALL your goals and dreams - big and small.  When I am talking to my audience about their goals and dreams, I share this with them:  The more extraordinary your goals and dreams the more inherently impossible it is to figure out everything that needs to happen in order to achieve those goals and dreams. Sadly, for many people, that is the reason that they don't pursue...