February 18, 2019

On birth, and death, and the life in between

Time for me to wax poetic. Or maybe just have a hormonal blowout on the internet. Or son, Miller Charles Dwight Acheson was born this weekend. […]
January 16, 2019

12 Strategies to Deal With Those Days You Just Can’t Deal With

We’ve all been there.  Whether it starts first thing in the morning, or hits partway through the day, it’s like an anvil drops from the sky and […]
January 9, 2019

Why I Write

I talk a lot on this blog about overcoming anxiety and depression, loving yourself, and working to become your best you. But I never talk about […]
December 31, 2018

You Deserve to be Happy, and here’s why

Do you deserve to be happy?  If you’re anything like me, you might ask yourself this question from time to time (or every day…) The simple […]
December 19, 2018

The Success Plan

In his book, The 4-Hour Work Week, Tim Ferriss promotes automating or outsourcing any basic and repeatable task.  It saves you time for when you can […]
December 12, 2018

Being in Control and Going with the Flow

I think I have been learning a lot of lessons lately on flow and responsibility.  (When I say “lesson,” what I mean is STRESS….)  It’s given […]
December 5, 2018

Are You Standing in Your Own Way?

It can be easy to look externally for reasons why we might not be as happy as we could be — maybe people in our lives, […]
November 21, 2018

You Can Have it All (And So Can Everyone Else)

You Can Have it All (And So Can Everyone Else) I recently had the opportunity to showcase my science fiction novels at a Comic Expo. Yes, […]
November 14, 2018

Making Choices

I came across this lovely quote today, from Diana Cooper’s Angels of Light Cards: Make choices for the highest good.  Remember that if something is not […]
November 7, 2018

Stop Winning Arguments and Start Winning at Life

Our world is in a bit of a crisis.  People, politics, money… it’s all driven by fear.  We Happy-ologists are looking to live from love.  So […]
October 31, 2018

Who is Your Ego?

I believe one of the greatest gifts to the human population has been Gary Zukav.  He has written many books, and the one that stays with […]
October 24, 2018

Facing the Dark Side

We all have them — dark sides and dark days.  If we are lucky, they last only a few minutes, maybe hours, sometimes a full day. […]