John Cassis, a well known motivational speaker, once said, “It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.” That’s easy to remember when life is good, but it’s more important to remember when you’re faced with a challenge. Especially when that challenge is in your romantic relationship, when the tendency is to [...]

Everyone want a magic pill to make their lives better. Everyone, even experts, seem to get sucked into looking for the next big thing, the missing piece of the puzzle, to jump start their business or finally make their love life better.

I spent the day today working on my intentions for my business. ‘Tis the season for reflecting on the past year and making plans and resolutions for the coming year. Almost everyone I know makes goals or intentions related to their business, and many people make resolutions related to health and fitness. But how many [...]

As I was bopping around on the internet today, procrastinating about writing my blog, I noticed a lot of articles about why people cheat.  Most of them were focused on why men cheat, which I found strange since women cheat nearly as often as men.  Dr. Erica Goodstone, one of my fellow experts on YourTango, [...]

It amazes me how often people like to pretend they’re ostriches.  They spend their lives being miserable and trying to hide the fact that they’re miserable.  They’re trying to hide it from themselves.