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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: As of February 15, 2022 – I have surpassed the 100 mark for subscribers to my Grateful Updates and I am 80% of the way to my goal of selling 500 books by March 31. Thanks, [...]

I finished my book in November, launched it in December and realized in January that my motivation and energy had been consumed. After any heavy project, it is normal to expect a phase of [...]

Date: December 4, 2021 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, This letter is a thank you note – to Rocky Mountain Outlook for being a community newspaper and for offering me the gift of column space [...]

In October 2019, I was heading off to a writing retreat in England. Before leaving, I met with two kind-hearted friends, asking if they would help me plan an event in celebration of National [...]

An Ecology of Gratitude: Writing your way to what matters, my debut book is on track to be launched early in November. Structured as a 30-day series of anecdotes and writing prompts, I use my [...]

“It felt like a sucker-punch,” my friend confided. She was recounting the story from her third person perspective between two people, who were acquaintances. Person X asked, [...]

Last week, the word “Palaver” arrived in my email feed as my “Word of the Day”.  I clicked the link to the Merriam-Webster source, and the back-room word smart [...]

Has it ever happened to you? You were having a conversation with another person who just posed a question. You then took a deep breath, paused and replied, “Well, I hope so.” To which [...]

In his book, “Thanks!” the world’s pre-eminent authority in the science of gratitude research, Robert Emmons writes: “Recall that two of the primary obstacles to being [...]