This week is the birth anniversary of a person who was one of the most influential in my life: my dear mother. This week also marks the sixth anniversary of her passing from this physical life, as she made her transition just a few days prior to her 93rd birthday. As I...

"Freedom comes with a price."

and now for the rest of the story.....

Independence Day in the USA!

And what a quintessential American day it is! It’s a time for picnics, recreational games, cookouts, and fireworks - even if we have to socially distance as we celebrate! Thi...

This Mother’s Day, as I reflect on my mother and her legacy, I am astounded at how much I still miss her to this day, and frankly, how much I teared up while writing this tribute.

This will be the second Mother’s Day I will have to spend without her. It is still hard -...

According to the American Psychological Association, chronic stress is linked to the six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver and suicide. And, more than 75 percent of all physician office visits are for stres...

In addition to writing blogs, I also do life coaching and business coaching.  On one occasion, I was coaching a young mother and she started talking about her son.

In my coaching, I only concentrate on the person in front of me.  I’ve always come from the approach that...

This may be difficult to believe, but there was a time in my life when I wasn’t in tune with Waldo Wisdom.  During this time, if things didn’t turn out the way I expected them to, I was either disappointed, upset and sometimes, even downright angry!   I would take on t...

Some 30 years ago, I designed a “class ring” for myself. Never having graduated from college and not having a college ring, I wanted to celebrate the education I’d received in my life. So, I designed a ring that represented this education and all the things that brough...

In 2015, I began writing short stories as a legacy project. I wanted my grandchildren - and ultimately their children - to know me through the experiences I’d written in these stories and learn things that influenced my life. And I wanted them to truly know their roots...

Recently, I read an article written by Bruce Poon Tip, a Canadian entrepreneur, and bestselling author.  This article posed the question: can you teach people to have passion and purpose OR do you have to recruit passionate, purposeful people?

The conclusion of this art...

Baby, it's cold outside! The Northeast is experiencing a “Bomb Cyclone,” the Midwest has temperatures below freezing and even in the South people are covering plants and breaking out winter clothing that is needed so seldom.

But as I sit here in my nice, climate conditi...