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I wish you the best of luck. I think the befefits of freelancing far outweigh the drawbacks. Having said that, I feel I should mention something no one seems to have brought up. As a freelancer, I am constantly fighting challenges to my time from (usually) well-meaning friends and family who...

For most of my life, I wasn't someone who had a large circle of girlfriends. But, when I turned 40, I met a woman who had moved to Arizona from back east because she wanted to start a new life for herself. I was from back East so we had a lot in common to begin with (similar backgrounds, etc)...

Headspace is a very good one. They have a 10-day free trial, and you can continue to use the basic guided meditations without signing up for the premium version. I like the narrator on Headspace better than the one on Calm.

That's not a bad idea either. Guess I just didn't want to cough up the money for a trainer. But, you're right about how I felt accountable to my dogs. Maybe if I find a workout buddy it would be similar. Thanks.

Thank you for those words. It's nice to know I'm not the only one. You may have something there about shaming -- there's a lot of that in my self-talk. I'm thinking I'll start off slow; not try to pick up where I left off, which would probably kill me. Maybe just 10 minutes a day, something...

There was a time when I would roll out of bed, throw on my running clothes and run three miles first thing in the morning. When I couldn't run anymore because of an injury, I joined a gym and would workout before I did anything else. When I somehow ended up having three large dogs, I felt I...

You have hit the nail on the head: trying to find common ground, picking and choosing your battles, knowing when it's best to just get away and realizing that with the worst of them, it's all about mitigation and damage control. That sums up what is necessary to do with toxic family members...

This is a very timely topic for me, and some very good points have been made here. It can be enormously difficult to remove yourself from a toxic relationship with a family member. For one thing, the behavior has usually been going on for a long time. People tend to fall into roles in...

I think one of the most important things to remember about most social media (and I'm mainly referring to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), is that you are not seeing anything resembling the real life of most of the people who seem to be posting non-stop. No one is going to post a photo of their...

Like you, I took French in school (three years in college) and have retained little. I spoke better Italian after just two weeks in Italy, than I spoke French after studying it in school for three years. Or so I thought. While I was in Italy, I went to dinner alone one night. They seated me...

"Following your heart," which is to say following your passion, once you've discovered what it is and worked on developing it, is without a doubt more difficult for those whose passion demands a creative outlet. People who are especially creative often do not fit neatly into the boxes into...