by beth | Sep 9, 2024 | Bravery, Comfort Zone
My cousin came to visit New York City this past weekend to celebrate his birthday, go to the US Open Tennis Championships, and have some fun. Usually, this means that Doug and I spend the weekend traipsing around the city—but not this time. Doug had some other...
by beth | May 14, 2024 | Bravery, Comfort Zone, Courage, Fear
While I was in California, I had the pleasure of listening to Chef Naomi Shim of the Doubting Thomas restaurant in LA speak about her journey from 6th grade teacher to restauranteur. She is now a multi-faceted culinary maven but this wasn’t always the case. She...
by beth | Feb 13, 2024 | Bravery, Comfort Zone, Courage, Excuses, Goals, Grit, Growth, Perseverance, Success
Have you ever gone on a hike? Especially one that you’ve never done before? Usually someone in your group has done a little research about the hike, but it’s still a lot of unknowns. And even if the researcher has done all things possible to know...
by beth | Feb 7, 2024 | Comfort Zone, Fear, Self Improvement, Self-Confidence
Monday night, Doug and I started dance lessons at Fred Astaire Dance Studios – Hoboken. Doug had bought a package of lessons at the Princeton studio right before Covid hit, so we unfortunately couldn’t use them then, and then we moved. We kind of wrote it...
by beth | Nov 27, 2023 | Comfort Zone, Courage, Decisions, Dreams, Goals, Motivational Monday, Perseverance, Success
I noticed something really interesting yesterday while I was watching the Philadelphia Eagles game—and this has nothing to do with the Eagles or even football, really. It was absolutely miserable in Philadelphia yesterday. It was about 48 degrees with 15 mph winds and...
by beth | Aug 11, 2023 | Action Steps, Bravery, Choices, Comfort Zone, Courage, Fear, Power of the Mind, Resistance, Self Improvement, Success
“You’re one, “f*@k it,” away from having a completely different life.” ~ Dakota Robertson I feel like I could stop right here and no more needs to be said, right? Maybe you have never uttered those words, but maybe you’ve said,...
