What can you do when you are burning out?

What can you do when you are burning out?

A few years ago, after doing the work and mom for thing for 5 + years, I noticed I was becoming increasingly cynical, I was more often than not in a bad mood and I felt exhausted. One day I sat down and asked myself:…

Feel like days need more hours? You just need 24 hours to make it happen

Feel like days need more hours? You just need 24 hours to make it happen

So many plans, so little time It is a fact of life in modern society: busy lives. So many things to be done in the day. Personally, some days I wonder if everything will happen. We have SO many responsibilities! How can we make it…

The school safety debate continues: Can we successfully keep guns in check?

The school safety debate continues: Can we successfully keep guns in check?

When school shootings become the norm and kids do more adulting than adults I was debating whether or not to discuss this topic on this life post this week, mostly because I want to discuss topics that are applicable to all. Today’s topic is very…

Environmental Care: Changing our mindset to help our environment every day

Environmental Care: Changing our mindset to help our environment every day

Environmental Care   This week let’s talk about the environment. It is such an important part of our lives! We have to take care of our earth if we want future generations to have a place to call home or even for there to be…

The fountain of youth is within you: Using platelet rich plasma facial treatments

The fountain of youth is within you: Using platelet rich plasma facial treatments

  Are platelet rich plasma facial treatments the fountain of youth?     Let’s talk aesthetics this week. Why? Because some day (maybe now? 😄), you may look in the mirror and think to yourself: “I wish I could freshen up my skin!” With that in…

Life lessons from the ICU

Life lessons from the ICU

Join this week, as I share the lessons I have learned from working in the ICU and how they translate to everyday life.

When you are lying in bed…
Model of Incan house ceiling, Sacred Valley, Cusco, Peru Michelle Ramírez

When you are lying in bed…

When you are lying in bed and   you look at your clock for the fifth time. It is now 3am, but you are still awake. You have been tossing and turning all night. Sound familiar? It probably is at least vaguely familiar. We’ve all…

All the leaves are brown
Muir Woods, Mill Valley, California

All the leaves are brown

When all the leaves are brown   Ahhh, yes. It’s that time of the year again, when the leaves start turning a beautiful brown, orange and yellow in the northern hemisphere. Like the song says: “all the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray.”…

On exercise and time

On exercise and time

Look at that little hummingbird, flapping his wings between 50-200 flaps per second. That is some cardio workout he has going there, with his heart beating at about 1200 beats per minute. What?!? I don’t see him complaining! Time I know what you are going…