Being Kind

For World Mental Health Day, Do I Need a Coach or a Therapist?

Do I need a therapist or a coach?   You work hard to keep your body strong, your meals healthy, your career on point. But who takes care of what’s going on in your head and heart?  Your mental health is a pillar for success and happiness in your life and career.  On #WorldMentalHealthDay let’s…

How to Practice Gratitude during Tough Times

Practicing Gratitude When I meet with clients, they often express how they know practicing gratitude is helpful. But, they reveal how sometimes it’s hard to feel grateful when things aren’t going the way they hoped. The truth is that I can relate. When I’ve gone through tough times in my life, I’ve held on to my positive…

How to Enhance Your Relationships

This one is dedicated to my Dad. I know a lot of people have preconceived notions of Italian men and people did of my Dad in particular because he was traditional. But, he made an effort to figure out how to raise a woman 35 years younger than he was and from a different culture…me!…

How I Stopped Being Afraid…

“If something is familiar, we have clearly survived exposure to it, and our brain, recognizing this, steers us towards it. Generally speaking, things that are familiar are likely to be safer than things that are not… it makes sense that familiarity breeds liking.” – Raj Raghunathan Ph.D. I’ve been speaking in front of others in some…

Create Your Ideal Day in 5 Steps

“Integrity is the integration of ideals, convictions, standards, beliefs—and behavior. When our behavior is congruent with our professed values, when ideals and practice match up, we have integrity”. – Nathaniel Branden How do you create your ideal day? Knowing everyone has 24 hours in a day, why does it seem that some people can get…