I spent two weeks in Nebraska this past winter. 2023 is the Year of Babies in my family – two of my sisters and one sister-in-law had/are having babies in 2023, and it…

The Five Senses book and Happier app I mentioned here have been occupying much of my mind lately as I explore how to make the day to day life here in NOLA a…

I received a short prompt in the Happier app to give me a little boost today, and here it is: Spend five minutes thinking about the scents associated with your favorite holiday. First,…

In the airport on the way home from a business trip, I came across the book “Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the…

On Mother’s Day I decide to go to Whole Foods to buy enough flowers to fill vases all through the house. I usually go there to buy a tiny $10.00 clutch of posies…