I am reading a fabulous book about the benefits of giving – Why Good Things Happen to Good People: How to Live a Longer, Healthier and Happier Life by the Simple Act of Giving by Stephen Post and Jill Neimark. There are wonderful, quantifiable benefits for those that do kind acts for others. I just ... Read More »
One of the Most Dangerous Thoughts You Can Have About Money
My friend Julie recently told me the story about when her 8 year-old daughter Kate came home from school and declared that she was bad at math. Julie could not believe her ears. Why would a 3rd grader think she was bad at math? Julie immediately pulled out Kate’s standardized test results to ... Read More »
The Best April Fools Prank
On April Fools Day my 11 year old daughter Amy changed the language on my son’s cell phone to Chinese. Not only could he not read his text messages, he could not read the prompts on the phone to change the language back to English. There isn’t much more upsetting for a 14 year old than to have a ... Read More »
Steps to Reduce Your Scarcity Footprint
I was just rereading Bruce Lipton and Steve Bhaerman’s book Spontaneous Evolution (2009, Hay House). It is fascinating and packed with thought-provoking ideas. Somewhere around the middle of the book they write: “We must redirect our awareness toward reduction of our environmental footprint so ... Read More »
Yeah! It’s a Snow Day!
The other night my daughter was glued to the TV watching the weather forecast and praying for a snow day. I said to her, “Amy, you really want there to be a snow day so you don’t have to go to school tomorrow, don’t you?” She said “Mom, there’s not a kid that wouldn’t want a snow day!” I wonder ... Read More »
