“Jan, you are setting yourself up to fail over and over again.” WAIT.  WHAT?! Yes, that’s what my dear friend said to me as I was explaining to her how…

Friends, we tend to complicate the living crap out of things and sometimes it only takes a small amount of effort to feel so prepared in life. So, what’s my…

As I continue to ease back into my “normal life” and recover from surgery, I’ve been having many thoughts and experiences that are helping me to better understand me. This…

Another week and another pile of wisdom bestowed upon us from The Daily Stoic. This passage was all about letting “reason rule the day” and how our minds were designed…

The last two weeks I’ve been sharing what I’ve been experiencing post surgery, mostly related to what I had hoped to do with the time and also just giving myself…

I had high hopes of tackling all kinds of things while I was home recovering. And well, the reality is, I got a few things done, but this whole illusion…

I received an AMAZING amount of support, gifts, and love from my Get Lively crew leading up to my surgery, but I have to admit that I felt GUILTY about…

I find that the day before vacation, I’m counting down the hours and just can’t wait to get there. Why do we live this way? Why do we push ourselves…

As you know, I just had my surgery… And as I was preparing this message in advance of all this, I turned to my daily reader, The Daily Stoic for…