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What is it that creates our life span? Is it the three Fates, as the Ancient Greeks believed? One who starts the thread of your life, one who guides it, and one who in the end cuts it off? Is it simply the will and whim of a Higher Power? Or do we have far more input in our own longevity than we dare, or care, to admit?

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Welcome to your Compass MAP™ (Monthly Action Plan). We’re so glad you could join us! This month we are talking about Defining Success with professional performance coach, author, speaker and Compass Expert Advice Blogger, Dr. Shawn Byler. (more…)

There are some expressions that seem to float timelessly and effortlessly through society. One of these is, “pretty as a china doll.”  Recently we’ve had to stop, however, and ask ourselves, “Just what does that really mean?”  

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As we move to the close of the summer and the celebration of Labor Day, there is a swirl of emotions surrounding this weekend of transition.  On one hand, we are moved with a wave of melancholy over the ending of yet another season of shorts and sandals, pool-side parties and warm care-free days.  On the other hand, we are invigorated by the changing season and the fresh new beginnings that is synonymous with fall schedules. (more…)

With the wealth of real opportunities and real solutions to weight loss in our nation, we must be surprised to find that we are literally the heaviest people on earth right now. There are so many reasons we can come up with to find the underlying causes for this – we don’t have to think very hard. For example, the predominant use of High Fructose Corn Syrup and other sweeteners, the lack of living foods in our every-day foodplans, the busy, busy, buy lives we lead (that often lead straight to the fast-food line). But really none of these addresses the deeper issues of WHY we choose to be obese. (Admitting that it is a choice is even part of the problem – OR the solution. (more…)

Join us for this week’s CoachCast as we have a compelling conversation with author, speaker and spiritual healer, Mary T. Browne. (more…)

There is a particular brand of humor out there where the comedian routinely makes themselves the brunt of every joke. Many of those jokes tend to be about weight, body image, and in general, self-depreciation. The reason that we can all sit anonymously in the audience and laugh at these “put-downs” is that we can usually be fully confident that the star on the stage likes themselves.

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As any parent can tell you, the back-to-school season is only nano-seconds away.  New backpacks, notebooks, sneakers, and oh yeah, lunchboxes.  I wonder if we give what we plan to put inside those lunchboxes (and, ultimately, into our kids) half as much thought as which Disney character or pop singer graces the outside?  (more…)

This month is all about Taking Care of Self. If you’ve ever felt the dragging exhaustion and malaise of burnout, you know what happens when you stop making self care a priority. We know it can be hard to find the time to take care of yourself. But when you do, everything else - work, family, relationships - flows naturally and easily. (more…)

For many of us, losing weight has been the distracting focus of much of our lives. It has been our limiting, lying nemesis. Our mind says, IF ONLY I were thin . . . IF ONLY I could lose weight. Ironically, the problem with this thought, from the very first moment, is that weight simply does not get lost. You can’t hide it under the bed and hope everyone forgets about it - or lose it in a closet full of old clothes that don’t fit; because the one who can’t forget - not for a second - is you. And worse, the thing you do risk forgetting is the vibrant, magnificent woman that you are and the incredible life that you are meant to have right now - at this very moment. (more…)