What feelings do you have about leaving 2020 and starting a new year? If you’re like many people we’ve talked to, you’re glad to leave 2020 behind and you’re looking forward to a fresh start in 2021. When it comes to a new year, we often think about making New Year’s resolutions. People make resolutions […]

How has 2020 been for you? It’s the end of the year, and what a year it’s been! It reminds us of the opening paragraph by Charles Dickens in his book, A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it […]

What words come to mind when you think of Christmas Eve? Jesus’ birth, Christmas carols, families together, gifts exchanged are some words that you might answer. However, for some soldiers, 106 years ago on Christmas Eve, the word was “peace”, even if it was for just a few hours. Some of you may be familiar […]

How will your holiday celebrations be this year? This is the time when people of various faiths have celebrations and re-live memories. We have memories of past years, before the children grew up, when we would all sleep in our jammies in front of the fireplace on Christmas Eve. Now that they’ve grown up, we […]

Do you ever play the “Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda” game? You know, where you second-guess yourself and say, “I coulda, woulda, shoulda  ________! You fill in the blank. Often it involves opportunities that you let pass by without taking action on them. It can be financial opportunities such as not buying stock or real estate when […]

What triggers happen to you during the holidays?  The holiday season can be a time of lots of emotion. And during this time, it’s easy to have both negative and positive emotions triggered. To understand how triggers can impact us, here is a quick review of what a trigger can be. Triggers can be sights, […]

How will you be spending Thanksgiving Day? We’re all facing the threat of COVID-19 and also trying to celebrate Thanksgiving. You might find it hard to be giving thanks this year. Yes, 2020 has been quite a year with the pandemic, political division, economic upheaval and social unrest. And COVID-19 has caused quite a few […]

We’re wondering, how are you doing with all that’s going on in your life? Are you feeling tired? We’re not talking about the tired you feel if you stayed up late or had a restless night. We’re talking about being tired of the uncertainties caused by the pandemic, social and political unrest, etc. Those things […]

    Whew! Are you feeling it too? Feeling what? You may ask. Are you feeling a sense of uncertainty and upheaval in many parts of your life? There is the health uncertainty due to COVID, social unrest, and political division that can also cause divisions in families. Add to that the financial hardships that have […]

Today we are asking, “How are you feeling?” Maybe you’ve been feeling the stress that so many people are feeling these days. Just listening to the news causes stress. All we hear is news about COVID, political division and strife, lockdowns, job loss and economic upheaval. It doesn’t help that there isn’t a clear end […]