Your Ideal Sanctuary — How to Give Yourself Space to Focus

Creating your ideal sanctuary for flexible focus is a practical step you can take to be more productive. It also just feels good. You can create this space for yourself in a few minutes, and it will always repay you richly. If you find it hard to focus, you’ll be delighted by the surge in…

Coping with Clutter — How to Become the Boss

Coping with clutter, whether it’s in your space, your time, or in your mind is one of the biggest challenges that we face in this day and age.  During this time, many people are at home more. Perhaps you are working from home and your kids are also at home because their schools are working…

How to Let Go of Clutter and Free Up Your Space and Your Time

When you let go of clutter you always free up your energy. And when you let go of clutter you create space, too. This is true whether we’re talking about actual physical space or about your time and how you use it. So, let’s focus on time for starters because finding time is a universal…

How You Treat Yourself is Especially Important Right Now

How do you treat yourself on a daily basis? Your self-care is one of the best investments you ever make. And yet, how often do you let this drop to the bottom of the list. Busy times like the holiday season are fun AND they can strain relations, compound confusions, and end up leaving everyone…

Nurturing Rituals for Opening and Closing Your Work Space

Rituals support you by integrating what unites body, mind, and spirit into daily activities. Unlike routines, rituals deepen your experience of your time, because they tap the energy of repetition and of mindfulness. Here’s a simple ritual Many years ago, I created rituals for entering and leaving my home office. They helped me focus and work at top efficiency. My…

Your Creative Self — Giving Yourself the Time and Space You Need to Create

Are you creative? If your knee-jerk answer is, “No!” please keep reading. The unfortunate myth is that being creative is some kind of mysterious gift bestowed on a few special people.  Something you either have or don’t. That is simply false.  But unfortunately, it’s a falsehood that cuts you off from mountains of possibility. Not…

Slow Down and Breathe to Reclaim Your Energy and Your Time

When you slow down you give yourself space. In the midst of busy times there is nothing more rejuvenating! On some level, it doesn’t matter if you slow down for 30-seconds or 30-minutes. Simply making the choice to give yourself this gift means that you are in charge. And while making time to breathe and …