Life is messy. No matter how hard we try to stay balanced, disrupting events are part of our daily lives and often difficult to avoid: someone cuts you off in traffic, you are late for an appointment, you get a nasty phone call, or you watch the news. It...
“A smile is not the evidence of happiness; it is the cause of happiness.” A few weeks ago a friend called me out of the blue. “Karin,” he said, “I have the feeling you may not know this – do you remember the little session we...
Much of how you navigate through life is determined by what you focus on. Let me explain. This morning I woke up in a perfectly happy state of mind. Thanks to the recent time change it was still early, the sun was shining, the Santa Ana winds were blowing warm air...
“Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -Albert Einstein In his newest book “Taken” (L.A. crime of the finest), Robert Crais writes about a young woman walking her dog. The dog is strong and the...
The reality you experience is a mirror image of your expectations.” -Deepak Chopra One of my very good friends shared a story from his life with me one day. He told me about a time when nothing was working out for him. He had gone from job to job, getting more...