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A new report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, charts what governments in high income countries are doing to speed up the pace of workplace change.

This holiday season, I urge you to, drum roll please, give to yourself. Stay true to your natural desires. Turn off the autopilot mechanism, disable obligation, ditch comparison, and dive into the cool waters of authenticity. Dare to live this season as honestly as you can. Let everyone else "shop till they drop" or stand helplessly at parties. Listen to and love yourself first, and you will set free a light that buoys everyone around you. It's never "selfish" to tend your own magnificent soul.

I have often had a restless spirit. I have often thought I should have scored higher, weighed less, bought nicer furniture, and did something with my hair. But I am working with myself to let go of this impoverished way of being. I hope you will join me in this crusade for true peace and abundance.

I do not want to be anywhere else. These are words of luxury. These are words of mystery. These are words of quantum healing. Sit down on the pillow of your own good life and be still. Stop searching, demanding, aching, casting about.

The Resolution Make-Over

Just when we feel ready to plop on the couch and
recuperate from the holiday celebrations, the pressure
is on to whip our personal and professional lives back
into shape – what timing!  No wonder people who choose
to set New Year’s resolutions on January 1 often lose
the momentum before we even get to Groundhog’s day!
Who has the energy to accomplish such lofty goals?

So, why the hype over resolutions?  Aren’t we just
setting ourselves up for failure?

This holiday season, I urge you to, drum roll please, give to yourself. Stay true to your natural desires. Turn off the autopilot mechanism, disable obligation, ditch comparison, and dive into the cool waters of authenticity. Dare to live this season as honestly as you can. Let everyone else "shop till they drop" or stand helplessly at parties. Listen to and love yourself first, and you will set free a light that buoys everyone around you. It's never "selfish" to tend your own magnificent soul.

We live in a society where only "big success" is acknowledged. We don't care about the small steps. We don't hear about the stumbles. Yet it takes outrageous courage to be in the middle of your journey. The middle is where it's at, baby.

I am amazed by how creativity and inspiration is demeaned in our culture. "Dreamers" are seen as wacky, tie-dyed, silly people who will walk off the edge of a cliff, reciting poetry if you let them. But where would our efficient, no-nonsense society be, but for the dreams of humanitarians, the dreams of inventors of technology, the dreams of biologists and oncologists, and yes, the dreams of poets and painters?