Paraphernalia is evidence of who we are. I am sitting in my comfortable easy chair, surrounded by a quilt I made, a cookbook, my phone, and my writing tablet. And that says more about me than any bio I could write to introduce myself.

I enjoy being comfortable. At peace. At ease. I also enjoy...

When you have a new goal, one of the best parts of the process of goal planning is creating a project plan. This is where you sit down with a blank sheet of paper and phase out how you will get from where you are, to where you want to go. You imagine each stage, and what it requires from you, and...

For those of us with a strong inner critic (you know who you are), then you might have developed a habit of letting the critic run, but not listening to her. That’s a useful way to cope in life, but it could be detrimental to your health, as you let those crazy, broken ideas run rampant in...

When life serves up a problem, it’s time to use your free resources to help you move to a solution. Here is how I do that. I ask for help. I say, I’m not sure what to do with this problem, but I bet there are a million solutions that I can’t see. Help me see the best one...

Writing, for me, is a pathway. It helps me access my own inner wisdom when I need some advice. When I ask myself good questions, I get good results. So today I am advocating that we all become better at asking questions.

When you trust yourself, you ask questions that presuppose that...

The best laid plans are just that: plans. They aren’t the way, the path, or even the only route. They are one way you could go to reach a goal.

When I make plans, I like to see them as an example of how things could go, but I allow life to serve me even better routes. Why? Because life has...

When I sit to write these posts, I often have a general idea, but not a lot of specifics as to what I want to say. That’s why writing is such an interesting process. It helps to take your jumble of thoughts and put some organization around them.

In much the same way, I use writing for my...

Many of us humans have a tendency to save the best for last or defer pleasure today, so that we can have a happy tomorrow. What if we can have it both ways? What if we can have a happy today and an excellent tomorrow?

We are all so conditioned to believe in trade-offs, that we seem to have lost...

People who make lists are my kind of people. There is nothing like a list to help me organize my thinking, get stuff out of my head, and bring some order to my life. I previously used a To-Do list every day, where I created a special list of all the things I did not want to do. It was my master,...

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by stuff? I do, and it’s time to do something about it. I decided to love all my stuff exactly as it is.

Our stuff is a reflection of who we used to be. As eternal beings who are always changing, we have stuff is stale the moment we trot it home. It’s...

Ample time and energy are spent buying gifts for the holidays. We all do this. We make our lists, we work our lists, and we hope our gift hits the mark.

What if we put equal energy into reflecting on what our gift giving has to say — about us?

The gifts we give hold great potential to...

Soul Projects is my blog, where I advocate seeking to add more joy to the life you are already living. It is my love letter to those who, like me, are looking for something more. We call ourselves the spiritually curious because we are not sure where we fit. We no longer ascribe to religions, but...