The word vacation comes from the latin verb vacare, which means to vacate or to leave empty and  unoccupied. The idea being that during a vacation you leave yourself time to be unoccupied, [...]

Just one week to Hanukkah, three to Christmas, and four to the New Year. That’s a whole lot of celebrating and coming together in a very short period of time. This year make a choice to [...]

Do you love the holidays? Me too, but sometimes trying to create a merry experience for all, can be really stressful. This year, don’t just survive the holidays, thrive! Check out this [...]

Does mention of the holidays make you both childishly giddy and suddenly exhausted? Are you ready to finally enjoy this time of year and be done complaining about how busy and stressed you are? [...]

If the holiday season brings you a mixture of excitement and dread; If merry and bright has you worrying if this year, finally, you’re going to get it right — then this is a post for [...]

Do you struggle with self confidence?  Second guess yourself, wonder whether you really know what you’re doing, or know what you want? Nobody trusts themselves 100% of the time, but it sure [...]

A clean slate, a made bed, an organized closet. These things make most of us feel somehow good, at peace, calmer. Why? Well, when your everyday feels chaotic and unruly, a clean space can create [...]

At times events can become so overwhelming that you may just want to crawl into your bed & never leave the shelter of your bedcovers. There are days in your life where you may want to say to [...]

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 [...]