I am bringing you something different today. Normally I like to share strategies around how to design and create your Custom Built Life™. I share what has worked for me and what works for my clients. But I have come to realize that you might think that I am in some way different than you. […] Read more

I have a confession. I wasn’t going to share this video in the newsletter. When I created it I had planned to share it just on our Custom Built Facebook page. (I do that sometimes, so if you are on Facebook, but haven’t liked our page yet, now would be a good time to do […] Read more

  Today I have another video for you. You will notice that with this video I had to find some inside recording space. My outside recording studio, also known as my screened in porch, is getting a little cool necessitating the move inside. I miss my outside studio already!   A Squash and a Squeeze […] Read more

(Ping!) You’ve Got Mail!   I’m old enough to remember when email was a novelty. When I started working in the early 1990’s, many corporate employees still did not have their own email accounts and instead relied on three ways to connect with others – paper correspondence, a phone call, or a face-to-face meeting.   […] Read more

Bad days. We all have them. Even once we are living our Custom Built Life™.   They can be caused by many different things – fights with loved ones, not enough sleep, unmet expectations, outcomes we don’t like.   Sometimes a bad day can turn into a bad week or a bad month and really […] Read more

It seems like everyone is talking about the Law of Attraction these days and how to use your thoughts to create your reality. Ever since the book The Secret was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2006 the Law of Attraction has entered main stream consciousness.   And for the most part this is […] Read more

Today I want to talk to you about self-talk.   Your intrapersonal conversation, or how you talk to yourself, is so important. The words and tone that voice in your head uses shapes how you see yourself and what you believe you are capable of achieving.   Recently I heard someone talking about emotional abuse […] Read more

For me school was a great experience.  I remember the smell of freshly sharpened pencils and all those crisp, new notebooks waiting to be filled with all the cool stuff I’d be learning in the coming months.   Whether you also loved learning as a kid or dreaded the thought of setting foot in school […] Read more

What is “Butterpillar Soup?”   Nature provides us with many analogies that are relevant to our personal growth journeys.  Everyone is familiar with the amazing metamorphosis that occurs when a land-bound, leaf-eating caterpillar transforms into a beautiful, nectar-sipping butterfly that is capable of flight.   What I didn’t know until recently is that while inside […] Read more