There’s nothing quite like comfort food that’s easy to make! Confession time: I used to love to cook! Now, I find that the time and effort is taxing. Yet, I don’t want to get takeout or eat lots of processed …
I hate papers, I hate papers, Yes, I do, Yes, I do, Make them go away now, make them go away now, For-e-ver, for-e-ver. (Tune: Frere Jacques. Words: Janice Russell) This is a client’s song. She’s overwhelmed by a ton …
I love my Mom’s stuffing! So I can’t wait for Thanksgiving and Christmas when I can eat some. (Don’t celebrate these two holiday’s? No problem! This post addresses holiday calendar issues in general.) But there is one kind of stuffing …
I get stressed! I also have anxiety. And I worry too! Guess what? While they are related, they aren’t interchangeable. Guess what else? They have some positive components in addition to the well-known negative ones. You may think that I’m …
I’m not a big fan of buffet meals. There is usually a ton of food and I want to try most everything! This often means that even with careful planning, food either runs together or falls off the plate. Not to …
What’s normal? It’s a setting on your dishwasher! A washing machine and clothes dryer use the word “regular” instead of normal. In the cleaning world, an item needs the normal/regular cycle or it falls into a different category and requires …
Yes, there really is Thumb School and yes, I attended! Okay, let me back up. The pain in my left thumb (non-dominant hand) started gradually as a intermittent ache. The pain became more consistent with it sometimes being a stabbing …
Focus, focus, focus! Everyone knows how helpful it is to focus on a task. It decreases the amount of time it takes and increases productivity. However, there are times when focus is not helpful, as I discovered last week. I’d …
Have you ever made a frenzied search for necessary information? It is frustrating and exhausting! What if I can show you an alternative? I can still remember one day (a number of years ago) when I planned to take advantage …
There are many things about a medical condition that may frustrate you, so let me get a little more specific.😊 When you can research symptoms and conditions in so many different ways, it’s easy to go down a rabbit hole …