Predict the Rest of 2017 Will Be Great By Making It Great Now

Predict 2017 Will Be Great Right Now

All’s well that ends well, and when winter creeps in during the last three months of the year and you feel cold and drained, start the furnace inside of you and focus on what you really want. Set your intention for the rest of this year and take action towards getting it by the end… Continue reading Predict the Rest of 2017 Will Be Great By Making It Great Now

How Tony Robbins Made Good Morning America Great Again

On March 23, 2016, this tweet from Tony strikes panic into my heart! Are You An @TonyRobbins Super-fan and in New York  next Tues? Get Tix to see him live I am flying from Vancouver to New York the next day, my itinerary is full, and now I want tickets to see Tony live on… Continue reading How Tony Robbins Made Good Morning America Great Again

Do You Want to Be a Hero? Live WELL

Heroes Live Well

When you live in the past you live badly. Your past is like a condensed movie of your life that flashes by the side of the highway as you speed by; the years passing by faster than street lights. In the re-run of your life, you are embarrassed by your mistakes, and want to edit… Continue reading Do You Want to Be a Hero? Live WELL

Where Do You Go To Get Your Answers?

My mind is a noisy place, where my worries and doubts compete for my attention like auctioneers. But I have an unfair advantage. Where the noise stops. An old soft chair. When I curl up in it for ten minutes in peace, the static in my mind disappears, and I feel better. “What we achieve… Continue reading Where Do You Go To Get Your Answers?

Coffee Headaches: How I Overcame The Incurable Pain

  After trying unsuccessfully to quit coffee for three months, I quit in ten minutes. How did I do it? I did it with the help of my three sons. The idea of quitting coffee had been percolating in my mind for a while, and the boys knew it. On our way to the park… Continue reading Coffee Headaches: How I Overcame The Incurable Pain

52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself – Week 10 – Go As BIG As The Taj Mahal With Recording Family History

My brother is recovering from an illness, and when we met this week it was nice to have some laughs together and to see that he is feeling better. I am going to write down some of our family history this week, so it is not lost, and my brother is going to supply me… Continue reading 52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself – Week 10 – Go As BIG As The Taj Mahal With Recording Family History

Everyone Will Regret Not Saying This

The distinctive voice on my answering machine is my brother’s: “no need to call me back, this is an ‘I LOVE YOU’ call”. Aaaawwww!! He knows it is not possible to say I love you too many times. He has been mentally and physically handicapped since he was one years’ old. He never had a… Continue reading Everyone Will Regret Not Saying This

Happy New Year 2014! – 52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself – Week One

The next 52 weeks are filled with promise. A new year’s resolution is a promise to yourself, to start doing something you want to do, or stop doing something you don’t want to do. With a positive attitude and a sense of well-being, I hope you will have a year of optimizing yourself. A year… Continue reading Happy New Year 2014! – 52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself – Week One

Winter Needs Christmas

Many people are not religious, but they still love Christmas. Christmas has become more secular, and more spiritual. In those parts of the world where winter is cold, Christmas warms our bodies and souls from the inside out. Christmas is a time of expansion – we eat too much, spend too much, drink too much,… Continue reading Winter Needs Christmas

Week 51 – 0ptimizing Yourself – Dec 9-15, 2013 – Go On A Journey To The Spirit

For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, I am going to go on a journey to the spirit.  Since the human spirit is full of goodness, I am going to listen to my spirit this week so my decisions will be influenced by love instead of fear. In In Gary Zukav’s book, “The Seat of The… Continue reading Week 51 – 0ptimizing Yourself – Dec 9-15, 2013 – Go On A Journey To The Spirit

Review of Week 49 – Optimizing Yourself – Clearing Clutter with Feng Shui

For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, I purged my clutter following the principles of feng shui.  I cleared many items that didn’t have a place, or that I no longer needed, used, or loved. Those items were providing stagnant energy and blocking the flow of energy, or chi, in my house.  Creating some space allowed… Continue reading Review of Week 49 – Optimizing Yourself – Clearing Clutter with Feng Shui