Tiny Bites of Wagaliciousness

Oh, the curse of the goal! Goals are a double-edged sword – many of us are raised to set a goal, reach for the goal, achieve the goal, and then set another goal. The good edge on that sword is that goals keep us...

Do you live life or does life live you? If you spend your time waiting for someday or someone or something to happen, life is living you. Your body is going through the motions because that’s its job – you don’t even...

How often do you talk yourself out of doing something you would like to do – maybe even have dreamed of doing for a long time – because you think it’s impossible? When you do that, you gut your sense of self-worth,...

Is someone in your life a narcissist? It could be a co-worker, a boss or even your significant other. Dealing with a narcissist is an interesting exercise in dodging and weaving and keeping your head down. In the...

Do you find yourself stuck in meetings that go nowhere? Meetings can be wonderfully productive or woefully exasperating, and it’s the meeting leader who makes the difference. Productive meetings start before the...

Did you ever wonder about why the lotus blossom appears in the artwork and spiritual symbolism of so many cultures? They are a water-loving flower that grows well in soil or ponds, and are most often seen as floating...

Are you yearning for a romantic relationship? Do you crave the feeling of belonging that you associate with romantic love? Think about the word “belonging.” “Be.” “Longing.” I used the words “yearning” and “craving”...

Most of us have friends who once were very close and now aren’t nearly as important in our lives. Sometimes it’s physical distance that alters the relationship and more often it’s a distance of a completely different...

Are you familiar with the Big Bang Theory? No, not the old sitcom though that’s pretty good too…the theory that the universe began as a small, dense, hot piece of matter that exploded, setting into motion what is...

Don’t you wish you could run out and get a shot of confidence? Sometimes, especially when doing something new, it’s very human to feel a lack of confidence. It’s also very human to bow to social conditioning that...

Pope Francis said, “If our hearts are closed, if our hearts are made of stone, the stones find their way into our hands and we are ready to throw them.” What a wonderful, visual way of reminding us that conflict comes...

Do you have a touchstone that you can use when you’re in a rough patch in your life? An inspirational phrase that calms your fears and helps you feel balanced? That’s a wonderful way to remind yourself that the rough...