How To Handle A Setback

One of the hardest parts of creating change in life is dealing with setbacks. Everyone experiences setbacks, and yet many individuals pay more attention to the setback than to their progress. Life isn’t all or nothing, it’s not black and white, yet some judge life, themselves, and other people as if there are only two choices- right or wrong. Sometimes … Read More

Taking Breaks Can Help You Get More Done

Think you’re too busy to take breaks? Think again! Breaks are important to creating balance in your work-life, sparking creativity and innovation, and nurturing good health. I know because I take regular breaks. What happened when I stopped taking breaks. I have a habit of taking a break every workday and going for a short walk. The fresh air rejuvinates … Read More

How To Stop Overreacting To Life

I admit it! I’m an Over-reactor. Sometimes I take things personally. Sometimes I let my feelings determine my state of mind. I allow myself to believe that whatever just happened is erroneous, incorrect, offensive, or otherwise REALLY BIG DEAL! Sometimes I experience positive overreaction. I make people, places, and things outside myself bigger and better than myself. I think this … Read More

Is Your Happiness Quest Making You Miserable?

It’s all about happiness on Live Love Work and I’m thrilled to shared this guest post by Kelly Gurnett (a.k.a. Cordelia) from Cordelia Calls It Quits! Bring on the happy! : ) Last month, I had a breakdown.  An honest-to-goodness, cancel-all-plans, try-not-cry-in-the-bathroom-at-work breakdown.  And it made me completely reexamine the way I was going about this whole “improve my life” … Read More

Happiness Is a Journey

If you think, “I’ll be happy when…”, it’s likely you won’t ever be truly happy in life. Do you wonder when you’ll finally be happy, when it will finally be your turn? Happiness is a journey, it’s not a destination. Happiness isn’t Too often we put conditions on our happiness. Perhaps you think that happiness is getting what you really … Read More