Dear Christine, One of my good friends is friends with one of my ex-friends. Their friendship is not an issue for me – I don’t want to get involved with turning anyone against each other. My concern is that my good friend is continuously being emotionally drained from dealing with the ex-friend in many of…

I received many email “confessions” about your over-active your inner critics in response to last week’s UPdate. Many of you resonated with the awareness that being golden toward yourself and shining your light feels a lot better than beating yourself up and playing small. But after you read the quote from Marianne Williamson and listened…

It’s time to cut yourself some slack. Most of us are experts at being hard on ourselves and novices at being easy with ourselves. Listen to your self-talk. How many times per day do you tell yourself something to the tune of: “I’m not good enough, I am not deserving, something is wrong with me,…

I love unexpected moments of being completely UPlifted. On Tuesday I was on a flight from LAX to Atlanta on my way to speak at the University of Alabama. Having gotten up at 4am to make the flight, I was groggy and struggling to be comfortable during the four and a half hours in my…

Have you felt a little off lately? Well, there could be a planetary explanation. Astrologically speaking, from September 6th-29th Mercury is in retrograde which is likely to bring on miscommunications, technological breakdowns, and an overall sense of things feeling out of alignment. During this time we are also likely to experience heightened feelings of sadness,…

From Huffington Post Blog 9/22/09: Dear Christine,My parents are getting a divorce after 30 years of marriage. I knew their marriage wasn’t perfect, but I never thought it would end. Although I am grown up at 25, I am really sad and angry over this. I feel like they are giving up and our whole…

From Huffington Post Blog 9/15/09: Dear Christine, I am the mother of two small kids and unlike my unmarried, childless twenty-something friends who have plenty of time for themselves, I find myself constantly overwhelmed. I have very little “me time.” I cannot seem to get my life in any kind of order; I’m drowning in…

Have you ever experienced something great, like a vacation or other special event, come to an end and find yourself feeling sad, clinging to the memories, and wishing you could go back? On my plane ride back from my vacation to Bali, I started to feel those feelings come up. I experienced wanting to rewind…

Last week I shared about an experience of giving to others, today I want to share about an experience of giving to myself. I decided to gift myself with a trip to Bali for my birthday since it was going to be a powerful date (9/9/09!). It has been an incredible journey full of relaxation,…

From Huffington Post Blog 9/08/09:Dear Christine, I have been at my company for over a year now and want to ask for a raise. I am shy and a bit insecure at work but I think I do a good job and take my work very seriously. I’m nervous about approaching my boss about it,…

For decades I have done some sort of volunteer work but I’ll admit that a big reason for doing so was because I thought I “should.” Come on, fess up – were you ever motivated to volunteer because it would look good on a resume? Or you felt it somehow made you a better person?…

Dear Christine, My best friend at work got a promotion and is now my boss. Not only am I slightly jealous and upset that I did not get promoted, I also don’t know how to act around him. We started at the company around the same time and bonded over cross-cubicle conversations. Now that he…

Good Morning – or is it? You’ve heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day but do you know what is perhaps the most significant moment of your day? The beginning! Each morning is a new day, a chance to approach your life with more love, joy, and appreciation than you did…

Can you imagine a job where you can ask for exactly what you want and get it? Do these jobs actually exist? It turns out they do! I was recently inspired and rather surprised when a friend of mine shared she ended up extending her two week vacation from work to three weeks. When I…

I’ve always been a saver. Each year at Halloween, I’d hit as many houses as I could and fill my pumpkin to the point where the princess, bride, witch or ballerina that I was could barely lift it. Unlike most kids who dove into their candy immediately, I would organize my sugary loot (I am…

From Huffington Post Blog 8/11/09: Dear Christine, “My core group of friends from college make a lot more money then I do. They all dove right into their careers right after college whereas I have been more of a floater trying to figure out what I really love. They do a lot of things I…

Be Proud “I’m proud of you.” Aren’t those words nice to hear? Growing up it is probably one of the things we wanted to hear most from our parents. And as we have grown up and bought into insecurities along the way, it is natural to want the known approval and acknowledgment from others, especially…

Dear Christine, There are layoffs going on at my company and I am getting very concerned about loosing my job. What can I do to increase my odds of keeping my job? * Pink-Slipped Paranoia, 29 Dear Pink-Slipped Paranoia, As much as I’d love to offer you some words of wisdom that would ensure job…

Choices Choices. Everyday we are faced with a multitude of them. Some of the choices we face are fairly easy to make – like foam or no foam in your latte. But then there are choices that are seemingly more difficult such as whether to take or leave a job, begin or end a relationship,…

Cell-tiquette Lately I have noticed more and more “cell-free zone” signs in offices and public places to encourage proper cell phone etiquette. Yesterday I was picking up a prescription and behind the counter was a very large sign that read: “We will be happy to help you once you finish your cell phone conversation.” Personally,…