Five years ago, I received my Life Coaching certification and started the New Routes Coaching practice. I frequently urge my clients to celebrate success and acknowledge what is going well. Taking my own advice, I am celebrating five years in a profession that fulfills and excites me!
Read moreLove Your Life
Loving your life is a year-round goal. Falling in love with your life means being grateful for what’s currently in it and having the passion to strive for what you desire.
Read moreOlympic Life Lessons
Olympic life lessons are the ultimate example of setting and achieving goals. Here are 7 Life Lessons that Olympians have mastered, and you can too!
Read moreLife Coaching Results
I just wrapped up a six-month client coaching program with amazing results. The results of working with a life coach are meant to be life changing for the client. However, I find that they are also life changing for the coach.
Read moreMusical Monday -- Man in the Mirror
Today’s Holiday Musical Monday celebrates the desire for change we often associate with New Year’s Day. Thirty years ago this month, Michael Jackson released Man in the Mirror, a song about social change starting with an individual...
Read moreMusical Monday -- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
The first holiday Musical Monday selection is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas made famous by Judy Garland, and recorded by Frank Sinatra. The lyrics were changed in the 1950’s to celebrate present happiness, rather than hoping for a better future...
Read moreDecember Gratitude Challenge
December is the perfect time to devote a few minutes each day to focus on gratitude. The December Gratitude Challenge gives us a way to focus on all that we have and truly celebrate!
Read moreHIPster Chronicles III - Walk this Way
Two weeks sporting my new titanium and ceramic hip and turning another year older have shown me how strong I am. The hip replacement surgery was a huge success, meaning I slept through it...
Read moreHIPster Chronicles
After living in NYC for sixteen years, now I’m a “hipster.” I’ve joined the cool kids club, those needing a hip replacement. I have four weeks before surgery to contemplate and journal about the health ramifications of aging. I would like to share my experience along this road ...
Read moreThe Road to Hana and Happiness
If The Scenic Route to Happiness concept had a birthplace it would be the Road to Hana in Maui. I had the opportunity to experience this drive for the second time last weekend in Hawaii. The journey was magical in a completely new way.
Maui’s Road to Hana stretches 52 miles including 59 bridges, 46 of them only one lane wide, and boasts approximately 620 serious curves. The sunny coastline is often in view, but a rainforest atmosphere prevails along the picturesque route.
The last time I took the journey I was alone, grieving the loss of my parents and looking for solace in nature. The dangerous hairpin turns, breathtaking vistas and climbs to waterfalls made me feel alive again.
This trip on the Road to Hana was totally different. I was a passenger with my fabulous friend Elizabeth behind the wheel. I was able to really focus on the magnificent scenery and not on my driving skills. The mood was so cheerful, despite the passing showers and Thelma and Louise references. I am filled with gratitude for this new journey along the historic Hana Highway.
The Scenic Route always delivers perspective. Nature’s gifts can soothe, inspire, excite or terrify depending on our personal view.