by Stacey Mayo a.k.a. “The Dream Queen” (www.balancedliving.com)

What stops you from living out your dreams? Over the years, I have coached thousands of people in living out their dreams and have heard at least as many reasons why people don’t believe they can make them happen. I have nicknamed these challenges “Oblocks” - obstacles that block us and occur as so large that we can’t see our way around them. [Read more →]

Category: Getting There

A Balance Wheel can be especially helpful for seeing where you are, seeing where your life might be out of balance, and creating goals to achieve balance. [Read more →]

Category: Getting There

Here’s a decorating tip from furniture importer Maitland Smith’s newsletter, The Art of Living:

Fresh Summer Idea, Use Fruit as a Centerpiece
by Coral Nafie

Next to fresh cut flowers, the aroma of fresh fruit is a perfect complement during summertime to bring the outdoors inside. Follow these simple steps to create your own masterpiece. [Read more →]

Category: Environments · Getting There · Spaces & Places

Personality and career tests can be very helpful in understanding yourself, in understanding the best types of work for you, in understanding how you interact with others, and multiple other reasons!

One test that is useful for career is the MAPP Assessment. This test can be taken free, and results given to you, by going to www.assessment.com . You then have fee-based options to obtain more detailed results.

Another test that I often used is the Myers-Briggs personality test. This is used by career counselors, relationship counselors, psychotherapists, etc. The purpose of the Myers-Briggs is to make the theory of psychological types described by Jung understandable and useful to people’s lives. [Read more →]

Category: Getting There · New Directions

Okay, I have to say this. I do NOT get to go to the Caribbean this summer, or probably not any other summer!! But, for those of you who need a change of scenery, and can get away (and afford it!!), I wanted to pass on that I saw a great article in the New York Times from June 15, 2008, called “Summer in the Caribbean.” I am sure you can find it if you Google it. Reasons to go there this summer?

• Prices are lower
• Temperatures might still be moderate
• The threat of hurricanes might not be a great as you would imagine (oh my!!! LOL)

If you cannot find the article, but are interested, just let me know. Then you can report back to us all who are still here working!!

Category: Environments · Getting There · Spaces & Places