The Blog
Why the Inner Critic Even Cares…
You might be wondering what that negative voice is doing inside your head. Why is it addressing you in such a caustic way? I mean really, what have you ever done to it to deserve such treatment? The negative voice in your head, known as the inner critic, has four main...
Live Without Regrets: The Benefit of Taking Action
Did you ever think there must be more to life than folding laundry and emptying the dishwasher? Sometimes, those chores seem endless and thankless. But here’s the thing: little routines in life can add joy if you have the right mindset. What? Laundry? Joy?...
Mom, Interrupted: Navigating Imposter Syndrome and Finding Your Next Chapter
Some Scroll… I Investigate I read various job applications every day. Not that I’m looking for a J-O-B, but I like to know what I’m qualified for. Turns out I’m not qualified for much. No one is looking for a “MOM” to follow them around, clean up in their wake, boss...
YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN ALL YOUR STUFF
If you want your life to be different, you have to do things differently. Tired of feeling out of shape?Get off the sofa. Tired of not having energy to do anything?Stop eating sugar. Tired of looking for things you can’t find?Clear out your overload of stuff. And...
Tune in to Your Intuition and What Happened When I Ignored Mine
I stood about 3 feet from the curb under the awning to keep dry at Newark Airport, waiting for my Uber car with throngs of other new arrivals. A little voice in my head said, “Step over there.” I could see where I was guided to move to. But I had my luggage (never a...
Self-Care and The Challenge of Receiving
April is all about self-care. I'm not just talking about collagen face masks and pedicures. I'm talking about manifesting what you desire. And I've discovered there is something BIG that is holding many people back from manifesting what they truly desire. ...
The SYSTEM of Manifesting
I was reading the Harvard Business Review On Point magazine called, “How Successful People Reach Their Goals” and was a bit surprised. One article talked about the technique of creating a mind movie with great details of what you want to accomplish. It said that it...
Be like a magnet…
Do you ever notice how much time you spend in your own head? Thinking, talking to yourself, criticizing yourself, making lists, etc? If you are anything like me, you spend a lot of time in your head. If you're a regular around here you'll know I run challenges...
The Impact of a Catholic Upbringing
Part 1 Growing up Catholic takes its toll on a person. In the Catholic church, children are born already marked with sin—the sins of Adam and Eve. People can’t enter heaven unless they are baptized. Honestly, that’s a heavy burden for a child to bear. Or a...
Cleared out the OLD… NOW BRING ON THE NEW BABY!!!
Here Comes March Madness– Alicia Style I hope you thoroughly enjoyed February and cleared out an untold amount of stuff from your home, office, garage, and basement…. EVERYWHERE! That allows the natural energy around you to flow more easily so you can do new...
Making Space for the NEW
When it comes to clearing out old things in my house or my space, I get emotionally charged. The issue is that I’ve embedded emotional attachment into my things. I know that seems weird. (I never said that I wasn’t weird.) But I hold on to things...
It’s Your Personal Feng Shui
The feeling persisted. I felt stagnant, bloated, blah. Where was my usual energy and joi de vivre? I felt like my life force had been drained out of me. Then my friend told me about feng shui. I got a book from my kid’s school library. (I wanted to be able to grasp...
Get That Stuff Moving
I walked sleepy-eyed downstairs, heading for the kitchen for breakfast. I glanced into the living room. EVERYTHING WAS DIFFERENT. I went to bed, and the furniture was one way. I woke up, and it had all shifted. No, the house wasn’t haunted. It was my mother who...
What is Possible When You CLEAR YOUR M.E.S.S.
Rachel (name has been changed for privacy reasons) wanted a new man in her life. She had been focusing on finding a partner for a long time, but the type of man that was drawn to her was not what she desired. She was tired of playing “mom.” She wanted a real...
Time Is Passing Anyway, So Start Now!
“If you want something done, give it to a busy person.” Have you ever heard that? Because busy people aren’t sitting around waiting for the perfect moment to get started. They just start. They take ACTION. I am a woman with a dream, just like each one of you reading...