41 Essential Quotes to Get Your Glow On
I’ve put together a FREE and fabulous collection of quotes for you, 41 Essential Quotes to Get Your Glow On. I hope these quotes for 40-to-forever women will inspire you as much as they inspire me.
Seven Simple Steps to Your Next Chapter
At the end of the Seven Year Switch, I include seven simple steps that I really needed to hear again. So I tweaked them a little to share with you just in case you do, too.
Looking for a good book to read?
On the day I became redundant, I began to walk. Okay, not right away. First I lay in bed and savored the sound of the alarm not going off. I’d been hearing that stupid beep at the same ridiculous time pretty much every weekday morning for the entire eighteen years I’d worked at Balancing Act Shoes.
Life Glows On is here!
As a reader, I know how great it feels when you find the right book at the right time. As a writer, I really hope it’s exactly the fun, encouraging, optimistic book you need right now.
Kaleidoscoping Around
I started playing around with online kaleidoscope and mandala makers while I was researching Life Glows On—one of the many perks of researching a book about creativity. I find it really fun and relaxing, and as much as I love writing, it’s a nice break from working with words all day. I should also probably warn you that it’s a little bit addicting!
Hang In!
I’ve definitely had days like this (especially when I’m trying to finish a book!), but one thing I’ve learned is that whenever I want to give up on something, when I try just a little bit harder, that’s when all the good things happen. So whatever is or isn’t happening in your life right now,…
Pretty in pink on my walk today
I took this photo with my iPhone leaning up against a telescope. It’s a roseate spoonbill. The long beak is rounded like a spoon at the end so it can scoop up shrimp and other pink crustaceans, which is how its feathers get that great color. I’m so grateful for my island life and the…
How I Started Collecting Heart-Shaped Rocks
I love found sculptures. Walking in the woods at Christmastime and discovering a scrubby little pine tree with candy canes hanging from it and a tinsel garland wrapped around it like a hug. Or strolling across the beach and finding all the left-behind flip-flops dangling from a mast-like hunk of driftwood.
10 Tips to Start a Walking Group
The simplest thing really can change our lives. Walking is free. It’s easy to do. It makes us feel better—way better! Walking gives us time to spend with our friends and catch up on all the latest news. It increases our mental well-being and focus. It helps control body weight and reduce body fat. Walking reduces…
5 Ways to Rise Above the Negativity in 2021
Hi Everybody, I hope you’re staying safe and healthy and finding creative ways to enjoy your holidays. It’s been all Zoom for us this year, but our hearts are filled with gratitude and we’re enjoying plenty of laughs any way we can get them! As I began writing this newsletter, I came across a quote that I love: “You…