My REAL LIFE Sex and the City Heartbreak Moment on Carrie BradShaw’s Street

I received a text. Since it was a beautiful summer evening, I had hoped it would be the guy I had been dating messaging me to get together for an impromptu dinner after work. I excitedly reached for my phone. But instead of an inviting text, I read, “You don’t know me, but you are seeing my boyfriend.” 

Read More
Dax Shepard's Podcast Interview with Kate Hudson is What Having a Healthy Conversation Looks Like

What was surprising in this interview was how self-aware Dax is? Dax speaks candidly, vulnerably, and confidently (an amazing combination) that he felt “less than” quite often while dating Kate

Read More
Pursuing Your Dreams is Not for the Faint of Heart. 7 Mindset Shifts Inspired by Foo Fighter, Dave Grohl’s interview with British talk show host Fearne Cotton

Fearne mentions the law of attraction, but Dave said he didn’t even know he was doing the law of attraction. He thought he was doing positive thinking. But when he learned more about the law of attraction, he realized that he had been practicing LOA to achieve his dreams.

Read More
Don’t Set Another Boundary without Doing These 5 Things First

Have you ever read about setting boundaries and tried to apply them to your life only to have to walk away from that person? But it’s okay, there’s a positive quote for that on social media, “If someone can’t respect your boundaries, remember the problem lies in them, not in you,” right?

These quotes and articles may make you feel good, but they often don’t tell the whole story.

Read More
3 Reasons Why I Never Talk on My Phone During My Daily Walk. And Why You May Not Want to Either After Reading This

Every day you see people talking on the phone while exercising outside. It’s a pretty common sight. Maybe you’re one of them too? I’m going to share with you today why I make it a hard fast rule never to talk on the phone while I’m outside exercising.

Read More
No One’s Here to Make You Happy. And Why Knowing This Can Make You Happier

I was having a fight with my ex-husband while we were still married. We were standing in the kitchen when he said to me, “No one is here to make you happy, Kat. You have to make yourself happy.” It wasn’t until we went through the divorce and I found my personal/spiritual growth path did I finally understand what it meant…

Read More
What's Your Bounce Back Rate? Knowing This Can Help You Lead a Happier Life

Do you sometimes let things get to you?
I mean who doesn’t? We all do at times.

It could be something someone said to you. Maybe a friend, partner, relative, or co-worker. And you rehash and stew over what they said for days, perhaps even weeks.

Read More
Two Characteristics That Make You Too Nice You Need to Ditch. And the 3 You’ll Want to Adopt to Because We Need a Kinder World

You’re too nice,” my friend said. “You’re always the one letting people through, and the guy didn’t even say thank you.”

That was the response I got from my friend when I told her about my self-imposed fender bender last week. I was backing up in my garage so the other car could pass through and wound up backing right into a cement pole.

Read More
You Can Get Angry and Still Have a Positive Mindset

I don’t know where we got the idea that if you’re on a personal or spiritual growth path and you meditate and do yoga, you should never get angry? As humans we are meant to feel. We have feelings for a reason. Our feelings give us a lot of information, so don’t ignore them. It’s when you don’t feel your emotions, or you live in anger all the time, that it becomes a problem. It’s how we move through our anger, sadness, and frustration and release it that is the practice of resilience.

Read More
How to Keep Your Heart from Getting Broken When You First Start Dating Someone

You meet a guy (or girl) in person or online. You’ve been chatting for a few weeks. Things were going great. You really like them; they seemed to like you too. Maybe you went out on a couple of dates; maybe you were making your way to the first date. Then all of a sudden, they stop texting and you want to know why?.

Read More
How I Healed Debilitating Panic Attacks without Drugs-Part 1

I used to have the worst panic attacks. I’m talking my panic attacks were so bad that even lying in the safety of my warm comfy bed, at times, felt like a terrifying free-fall into an abyss. If you’ve ever had a panic attack, you know what I mean.

Read More
15 Things Affecting Your Mental Health and Happiness You May Not Realize. How Many Are You Doing? —Part I

This month is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health has gotten a bum rap from previous old-world generations resistant to treatment calling it psychobabble or hokey. More open-minded people resistant to mental health will say things like, “Mental wellness may be for other people, but it’s not for me.” If you’re a living and breathing human being, mental wellness is for you.

Read More