Destination Addiction: What is it and are you suffering from it?

Destination Addiction:  What is it and are you suffering from it?

Are you happy right now? If not, why? Are you waiting to achieve a certain goal, hit a certain income bracket, meet your spouse, have a child, in order to feel happiness? Many of us live this way, I know I have been a victim of having tunnel vision in the past and not taking time to enjoy my journey, but what is there to be done about this? The phenomena we are describing…

4 Tips for Spring Stress

4 Tips for Spring Stress

During the holidays it is always easy to overindulge. Be it because of the stress or parties or the cooler weather, we all feel the need to over eat and just try to find reasons to celebrate at this time of the year. And while some spontaneous change is needed for our body and spirit, at the end of the day our bodies are grumpy old men who thrive off boring…

4 Tips to be More Joyful

4 Tips to be More Joyful

We are all busy in the modern world. We have so many goals and desires to fulfill in our lives and what feels like so little time to accomplish them. We organize and strive for perfection in our daily tasks hoping that the sense of order will bring us peace and some free time, which it usually does. Yet why, when we have the time to sit and relax do we sometimes feel so…

Love Languages Quiz - Love is In The Air

Love Languages Quiz - Love is In The Air

We all value our personal relationships in our lives, but sometimes how we show each other we value one another differs from the expectations we have. Perhaps you have noticed this in your current relationship or relationships in your past where you are hoping for some token of love be it physical, emotional or otherwise and receive something that while you know is meaningful, doesn't…

Looking Back: What I Learned From 2020

Looking Back: What I Learned From 2020

With the end of the infamous year 2020, we are looking at the dawn of 2021 with reservation. Of course this is something that we all do every year, but this time the stakes feel higher. We are all waiting with baited breath to see where we will be in the next few months. 2020 has shifted our focus, lives, livelihoods, nearly every aspect of our daily lives have been affected by…

Writing Exercises: Looking Back at 2020

Writing Exercises: Looking Back at 2020

We are all used to the parables around the holidays about what is really important. How gifts and luxurious items are not the reason for the season but sharing and building memories with family and loved ones. Perhaps it has never quite clicked in, but this year I feel like we all have felt just how important seeing each other and being able to celebrate together really is. The beauty about 2020 is…

Writing Exercises: Winter Meditation

Writing Exercises: Winter Meditation

With the end of Thanksgiving a lot of us tend to feel winter has now started, although official winter is still about a month away. Whether you live in an area with seasons or not, the symbolism of winter remains the same. You will likely experience some colder weather and some shortages or increases in prices of certain fruits and vegetables as they become more scarce…

Winter Date Ideas

Winter Date Ideas

The holidays are such a romantic time. The lights, the cool weather, the layers of cozy clothes all of it lends itself to building romance. There is a childlike wonder that goes with the winter that we can build off of to create sweet and memorable moments. Though 2020 has offered us some different plans this year, there is no reason not to keep romance alive this holiday…