Who the hell trades in a successful career with shows like American Idol and The Voice to start a business with no previous business experience? Meet 28-year-old, Los Angeles resident, Ellen [...]

You can hear it in the background, the soft melodic chirping of…what is that? Oh. Yeah. Your alarm. Wait! What day is it?!! Argh, Tuesday! It’s Tuesday, and your alarm is going off [...]

Some days I feel lost, overwhelmed, maybe even a bit panicky. This usually happens when I’m agonizing over an important choice, facing some kind of setback in the pursuit of a goal, or worse yet, [...]

  Well, it’s happened again, Father’s day has snuck up on me and I’ve got nothing planned! Anyone who’s been following Life in Focus for a while, knows that my [...]

Ever find yourself so irritated, aggravated and on edge, that it’s hard to just be, let alone be around others? Me too, and I’ll tell you what, that is a sure sign of [...]

​When I was five I passionately wanted to be an opera singer.  I came home everyday put on a good old fashion record and sang every song on that record at the top of my lungs. When I was 10 I [...]

Tax season: those two words have the power to invoke pure anxiety or hopefulness depending on who you ask.   It’s no wonder, the tax code is such a huge, inscrutable document, nothing that a [...]

Is it possible to love Mondays? Tomorrow, Monday, I’ll get up sometime between 6:00 and 6:42 AM. I’ll go downstairs to prepare a full breakfast (eggs and bacon, +/- something else) [...]

This article was originally published right before the 2017 inauguration in the Thrive Global Publication on Medium.com. It is a non-partisan call to slow-down, check-in, and find with-in [...]

Welcome to Part 9 of “A Glimpse of LīF” – Life in Focus’ first mini-series. Every week “A Glimpse of LīF” shares the story of a real person, and guides you [...]

Welcome to Part 8 of “A Glimpse of LīF” – Life in Focus’ first mini-series. Every week “A Glimpse of LīF” shares the story of a real person, and guides you [...]

An inspired life is a life that has you waking up most mornings looking forward to your day. An inspired life is not something that requires amazing adventures and uncommon feats. You could be a [...]

Welcome to Part 6 of “A Glimpse of LīF” – Life in Focus’ first mini-series. Every week “A Glimpse of LīF” shares the story of a real person, and guides you [...]

Welcome to Part 7 of “A Glimpse of LīF” – Life in Focus’ first mini-series.   Every week “A Glimpse of LīF” shares the story of a real person, and guides [...]

Welcome to Part 5 of “A Glimpse of LīF” – Life in Focus’ first mini-series.   Every week “A Glimpse of LīF” shares the story of a real person, and guides [...]