6 Simple Steps to Reach Your Goals
So many of us set resolutions on January 1 and, sadly, give them up before the end of the month. Our expectations do not turn into reality. There is an art to setting achievable and relevant goals. Why not make it easy? Let's look at the 6 simple steps to reach...
What To Do When Holidays Hurt
HOLIDAYS CAN HURT Twenty-two years later, holidays still hurt. Close friends invited us for dinner last week. The invitation warmed our hearts because both friends are teachers. If you are a teacher, you understand...
Tragedy’s Treasures Gets a Facelift
So many of us set resolutions on January 1 and, sadly, give them up before the end of the month. Our expectations do not turn into reality. There is an art to setting achievable and relevant goals. Let's look at the 6 steps to reach your goals! First, before we...
7 Reasons to Smile
7 Reasons to Smile Before we dive into the seven reasons to smile and how to get inspired to smile more, let's admit there are times we DON'T FEEL LIKE SMILING! OK, I know you’ve had one …a morning when nothing goes right, and it's impossible to smile! The alarm...
I Choose Joy…First Step
I CHOOSE JOY... FIRST STEP What is the first step in finding more joy? Is gratitude step one, and does it lead us to joy? Or is joy first to make it easier to have gratitude? It’s like the chicken and the egg question...which came first? The egg question even...
ABOUT ME
Karyn is an author, freelance proofreader, wife, mother, grandmother, and breast cancer thriver. She writes and blogs to share hope and strategies for unlocking joy and meeting life’s challenges. She shares the tools which helped her move forward after losing a sixteen-year-old son in an early morning car accident, and, more recently, a breast cancer diagnosis.