This week's Throwback Thursday falls on the 18th which also happens to be my oldest child’s 18th birthday! It is hard to believe, in part...

I'm not sure if you can tell from this picture or not, but behind the tinted goggles (to protect from the bright sun in the desert where...

Awareness is the knowledge and understanding that something is happening or exists. It means being attentive and well-informed. Being...

Self-care is the elusive ideal we never seem to get to in our day. Between the demands and pressures at work and then the never-ending...

#resilience #resiliency

My name is Monika. Actually, that is not true. When I was about twelve years old I dropped the “C” in my first name and adopted what I...

“Success consists of going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” -Winston Churchill "I am tired of losing! I want to win!"...

This past Thursday I dug a grave for my seventeen year old dog. When I started she had not yet passed but an angelic vet was in route to...

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” -Mark Twain Financial Stress If you are stressed about money issues, you are not alone....

"It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is what are we busy about?" -Henry David Thoreau I work with high performers...

“Change your thoughts and change your world.” -Norman Vincent Peale Many of us would like to make a change when it comes to our everyday...

Resiliency can be defined as: The capacity to recover quickly from or adjust easily to difficulties or change and/or The ability to...

Changing our behaviors, especially the ones we have been doing for quite some time can be extremely challenging. Just consider how many...

The first time I crossed more than 4 time zones was about 15 years ago when I was asked to travel from the United States to Madrid to...

There are so many options when it comes to workspaces in companies today. There are offices with doors and without doors. Transparent and...

Many of us have used the SWOT tool for strategic planning purposes or for the evaluation of a specific project or process. But, have you...

All or Nothing thinking. Many of us subscribe to this way of living. We either go all out on something or just don’t bother with it at...

If you don't decide what your life is about, it defaults to what you spend your days doing. ~Robert Brault Many of us believe that we...

I broke one of my travel rules this week. Yes-I watched the in-flight movie instead of working...I admit it. But, what I learned is...

My daughter, Tatiana, requested this post in honor of Tourette Syndrome awareness month. It is an updated post first published in a...