Tiny Bites of Wagaliciousness

Before Ryan Seacrest became the host for the longest-running music countdown show, American Top 40, Casey Kasem hosted it. He signed off every week with the same phrase: “Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching...

Are you a little tired of all the talk about happiness? It’s OK – you won’t hurt my feelings. A lot of contrarian articles have been published about the pitfalls of putting a happy face sticker on everything, as if...

Does someone owe you an apology? Yeah, me, too. Think we’ll ever get them? Mmmm…maybe, and maybe not. I screwed up at the salon and created chaos in my hairdresser’s schedule. I didn’t mean to, and didn’t know I’d...

Quick – do you have a deadline looming? Something you are in charge of doing, producing, leading, or creating? How does it feel to you? Looming deadlines don’t usually feel very good, and thinking about all the steps...

Are there things you believe are absolutely, positively true? Most people have at least a handful of things they believe non-negotiably. Maybe their parents taught them things they absolutely, positively believed, and...

Growing up, did you hear things like, “Settle down – you’re too rowdy” or “you don’t have to talk all the time” or “wow, you really let your weird flag fly, don’t you?” Every person is different, and yet the pressure...

How many times in a day do you should on yourself? You know, that little voice inside your head pipes up and says things like, “I should have been kinder” or “I should have known that would happen” or even “I...

Have you been questioning your value to this world? Maybe wondering what your purpose in this life is, or even your destiny? It’s human to wonder, and maybe even worry, if you’re doing enough for others, or for the...

Do you ever get white-hot mad about someone? You know the kind of mad I mean – that feeling of righteous indignation, of overwhelming anger over an injustice done to you? Yeah – I’ve never felt that way either....

Personal growth can be scary, and yet personal growth is necessary if you want to feel satisfied by your life. That sounds like a contradiction – it isn’t. Just as your physical body has grown and changed throughout...

Do you ever wonder why so many experts in many different disciplines tell you to de-clutter your home and your office? Why are they so insistent, and why do they even care? Like a parent, I’m going to tell you – it’s...

Do you often get blindsided by people you think you know? For instance, a co-worker you’ve had a congenial relationship with suddenly treats you like you killed and ate their dog? This is so uncomfortable, and when it...