5 Kitchen Tips For a Healthy Lifestyle
You want to eat healthfully and feed your family well. Cooking at home renders the greatest control over what you put into those precious bodies. Being busy humans, we often cook on the fly and...
View ArticleA Helpful Guide to Ease Some of the Burden – 6 Steps
The original book Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend offers an analogy that is dense with insight on something we all deal with. On page 33, the authors explore the difference between Burden and Load....
View ArticleSelf-Compassion: My Word of the Year
I’m savoring Olivia Fox Cabane’s book, The Charisma Myth. It’s like preaching to the converted. We totally see eye-to-eye on so many practices. My favorite: being present is a key to executive...
View ArticleWatch It, You Jerk!: Overcoming the Deep-Seated Anger of Road Rage
If you have met me, you’ve probably concluded that I’m an outwardly happy person. You’d say that Anger and Deborah just don’t seem to belong in the same sentence, and I would agree. That’s likely the...
View Article5 Tips on Working From Home Productively
Is the modern workplace outdated? Well, consider that in the 21st century more business is done in a global economy, shattering the old 9 to 5 workday model. Factor in the increasing time and expense...
View Article‘Cause It’s Cold Outside’: 6 Chic Indoor Public Spaces for Winter Networking
As the colder weather sets in, our opportunities to network al fresco in the stylish public spaces around Manhattan become slim. After our extended summer this year, it’s a hard pill to swallow for...
View ArticleThe Irony of It All: When Enthusiasm Is a Sign of Desperation
An interesting thing happened when I met with a prospective client last month. Based on a variety of factors, I had assumed that this company was a long shot. In my mind, the possibility of yielding...
View ArticleCall to Action: Start Improving Your Self-Worth Today
Have you noticed how our brains can prompt us to either promote or deny our own self-value? Jenny Craig, a transformational coach and Women’s Advancement Compact (WAC) specialist, emphasizes in her...
View ArticleHere’s How a 3-Second Pause Can Save You Time & Energy
I enjoy a silent chuckle each time I ask how someone is doing, and they answer “busy“. Let’s face it: If we want to engage fully in our careers and our personal lives, our days are bound to be packed....
View Article10 Healthy Habits To Boost Your Workday
In daily life, we each have our ‘happiness reference point’. Think of the contentment spectrum as a city skyscraper: The closer your elevator is to the penthouse office, the happier you are. Depending...
View ArticleEmbracing Good Habits Daily: The First 90 Minutes
Just as DRIVEN has been exploring key topics in business and life success, including time management and energy management, I personally have been applying these lessons to my own life as DRIVEN’s...
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