You don’t need permission to put yourself first. — How you spend your morning sets you up for the day. How you spend your days is how you ultimately spend your life. So, start your day doing what is most important to you! 1) Give yourself an extra 30 minutes in the morning. Go to bed 30 minutes earlier at night and get up 30 minutes earlier in the…

You don’t need to justify past decisions to move forward in your life. — Have you stayed in a relationship beyond its use-by-date? Do you keep clothes that you have not worn for years? Are toxic people from your past still in your life today? There is no shame in saying “yes” to any of this. …

Sometimes the very things that feel like failure turn out to be the reason for our success. — If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you will become a champion someday. — Wilma Rudolph, Athlete. It’s easy to look at someone who’s successful and imagine they got lucky somehow. When we look at the achievements of others, we often only…

A sunny disposition can add years to your life. — If you look on the bright side, you try to be cheerful about a bad situation by thinking of some advantages that could result from it, or thinking that it is not as bad as it could have been. You had a car accident — look on the bright side…

Just liking yourself is a good start. — Imagine there’s a bully in your life. The bully notices when you mess up. It calls you greedy when you have a second helping of dessert. It puts you down. It tells you that you’re stupid, unattractive and not worthy of people’s love and attention. You’d kick this bully to…

Beware the over-sharers in life. — I met a chatty woman last night. It was at a friend’s 40th birthday celebration and most of the guests were of a similar age. …

And, more importantly, why? — If you’re from the United States, whether superstitious or not, you likely take extra care on Friday 13th. You’re not alone — many other countries have their own version of an unlucky day. In Japan, the number four “shi” (四) sounds exactly like the word for death. The same goes…

It was a humbling experience for sure. — Ten years ago I developed rosacea, a chronic skin disorder that makes you flush red in the face more easily than most people. I had bright crimson flushing along with a burning sensation on my cheeks and chin. Symptoms would flare up every few weeks and months and soon my…

Life was much simpler then, wasn’t it? — Do you ever miss those childhood days? Life was much simpler then. I mean just think about the typical day of a young child: Eat, Sleep, Play — repeat. As we get older life becomes increasingly complicated. Less black and white — a lot more grey. I have often wished…