Reconnecting with You from my Place of Happiness…After a Longish Break

Reconnecting with You from My Place of Happiness So I’ve been a little quiet over here in the Peace Parlor this past year while I took the business

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Exciting New Answer #1… for Curing Worry

I’d like to share a learning moment from my week – it’s an “Exciting New Answer”, that comes with a New Action and a New Result. It’s from

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Beautiful Trouble at the Lunch Counter

Last week I realized trouble can be beautiful. I attended Resisting Oppression Through Nonviolence, a courageous, heartfelt webinar offered by Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI), which I am

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Heartache from my Empty Nest

My heart has been working overtime and I want to share the harvest with you. It started on Sunday when I sent a vulnerable, open-hearted email to my

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Empathy Croissant

Recently, I was having lunch with a client at Renaud’s, a local French cafe with the best croissants in Santa Barbara. At the next table a young teen

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The Teal Revolution…Are You In?

Have you ever been bummed and stressed about work, for a day? A week? A month? A year?Did you ever resent being “managed”? Did you ever feel afraid

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Why She Won The Chocolate…

​I'm interviewing Camille Leon, founder of Holistic Chamber of Commerce. LIVE, Thursday Feb 8 at 12noon. Register here. She's grown her homespun Chamber of Commerce to 52 offices in

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Harvard Study Reveals Secret to Happiness

Harvard’s Robert Waldinger asks: “If you were going to invest now in your future best self, where would you put your time and your energy?” Take a second

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How your love of rodents can land you in prison (and how to avoid that!)

A man known to neighbors as “the Squirrel Guy” was just sentenced to twelve years in prison. Why? It has to do with his love of squirrels. And

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BIG NEWS about what’s happening in my life

The Crazy Maze Sometimes lining up your skills, passions, and money potential can seem like trying to get the stars to line up. After two years of investing

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