Maybe one of the most iconic characters in our media pop culture is Mary Poppins who is known for her positive thinking.  Her classic A Spoonful of Sugar song so accurately explains that “with every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.” Of course we all love her spoonful of sugar Read More

It is Management Monday! Why is it so important to manage your positive thinking? Staying positive about a life that sometimes seems to offer you so little control at the wheel can be difficult. When you suffer a painful loss or damage to your sense of self, recovering emotions may seem next to impossible.  Of Read More

No matter how resolute one becomes to strengthening their own emotional intelligence level, the fact remains that people around them aren’t necessarily emotionally intelligent. For that matter, even when aware of the emotional intelligence concept, people don’t always want to grow. That leaves an emotionally intelligent individual on an island in a low emotional intelligence Read More

Management Monday: Managing Goals On Saint Patrick’s Day, the drinks come out and green wardrobe choices overtake society. Leprechauns and pots of gold pop up on advertisements and clothing. A general aura of luck, happiness, fun and fulfillment permeate the air. And while the “luck of the Irish” concept is fun, everyone knows that attaining Read More

Management Monday: Body Language Management Breaking Bad is one of the hottest shows on television right now. In fact, Ozymandias (the most recent episode) lit up social media conversations and hit Google’s top trends. Viewers can’t get enough of the desolation and desperation. The show is a shining example of creating empathy through body language. Read More

Marissa Mayer is all over the news due to her choice to become CEO of Yahoo Inc. while being six months pregnant. No doubt, this is an exciting opportunity for her. Many people are even saying she will be remembered for generations if she can successfully pull this off. While her status, actions, and business Read More

Anxiety is something that no one wants to experience, but rather something that everyone has or will experience at some point of their lives. Although many people are aware of the typical signs of anxiety, such as hyperventilation, racing thoughts, and heart palpitations,  anxiety also tends to present itself in a variety of surprising ways Read More

With the end of the year comes time for yearly cleaning, maintenance and organization.  Now, imagine the following: you are looking around observing your house. You notice that there are problem areas that need to be fixed, or that there are rooms within the house that you are wary of clutter or unsure of whether Read More

For many of us, the urge to want to jump in to help others, and to be liked by them, comes natural. For people pleasers, this need creates emotions to an extreme, that begin to define them.  Never knowing when to say no, making themselves available for favors, and putting their own happiness constantly second, Read More

                                                                                   Photo credit kdofnf.com Workplace conflict, even in the most positive workplace cultures, is inevitable: Read More