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What does confidence have to do with your heart?

by | Feb 15, 2013

Personal note In keeping with the fact that February is National Heart Month, I am presenting another article that deals with cardiac disease. But it does more than that; it deals with daily life and how well we live it. To be slightly (but chronically) anxious is not...

The Confident Introvert Networker

by | Feb 10, 2013

Personal Note Some years ago I had a close friend whose personality can only be described as extravagant.  When she entered a room, she did it with great style, capturing everyone’s attention and keeping that attention for most of the event.  She favored large, showy...

Do you know where your Will Power has gone?

by | Jan 29, 2013

Personal note January is moving ahead at an incredibly exciting pace for me; I kicked off the year by doing a half-day seminar, “Be Your Own Best Caretaker in 2013” for the City of St. Louis Park, which included their employees plus many representatives from...

Little Habits Can Make Big Changes

by | Jan 14, 2013

Personal note New Year’s Eve 2012 was a peak experience for me. I flew to San Francisco to attend the New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball, where my dear friend, the legendary pianist Peter Mintun, was conducting his orchestra for the dancing. The ball was held in beautiful...

Deep Peace to You

by | Dec 30, 2012

Personal note We’re heading into what I consider to be the most exciting time of year. It’s as if the year builds to a climax; as if we have been climbing a high hill for months and are just about to reach the top. Soon we will be able to coast downhill into the...
The “Happiest Time of Year”?

The “Happiest Time of Year”?

by | Dec 3, 2012

Personal note This has been the week I finally got to launch my new book, The Confident Introvert. As I (and a lot of writers) have found out, it’s not the writing that is so hard; it’s all the details, such as getting the sources exactly right, that bog you down....

Healthful Holiday Hints

by | Nov 19, 2012

Personal note Yesterday I presented “The Angina Monologue” at the Midwest Worksite Wellness Conference in St. Paul. Notice the word “wellness” in the title; this conference was about finding ways to help people live their healthiest lives rather than dealing with...

Do introverts have more stress?

by | Nov 5, 2012

  Well, yes and no.In our extrovert-oriented culture, being an introvert is not easy. While extroverts thrive on outer stimulation, deriving their energy from it, introverts need quiet time to let the energy tanks fill up – alone. Introverts think deeply before...

Are you determined not to age?

by | Oct 30, 2012

We live in a youth-oriented society, where the fastest growing group, the Baby Boomers, learned, “Never trust anyone over thirty.” They’ve probably extended that limit by now; I haven’t checked recently to see what it is. 60? 70? We see ads everywhere for products and...