Do you find yourself getting stressed during the holiday season? This time of year is filled with parties, shopping, spending, entertaining, and a list of other demands that can easily lead to overwhelm. Read More

This is the time of year when many of us are on either the giving or receiving end of a Christmas Cactus...the very popular houseplant that produces colorful, tubular flowers. If you have ever had one, you know that there are instructions that must be carefully followed in order to not kill your cactus. I don’t have the “greenest thumb” so I usually panic when I receive a gift that requires my attention to keep it alive. I even need Alexa to remind me daily to feed my son’s pet fish so I don’t get distracted and miss his feeding time.    The Christmas Cactus directions are very clear: “keep it well lit, have the proper amount of humidity, add fertilizer to assist with growth, and water with care.” These suggestions sound like they were written by a Health Coach! It turns out everything your new plant requires is also just what you need to grow, thrive and bloom!  Read More

Last week, California Highway Patrol (CHiPs) Officers stopped a Tesla Model S car that was being driven by a driver who was sound asleep. According to the police report, after following the sedan for about seven miles and unsuccessfully getting the driver to respond to their lights and sirens, the officers figured that the Tesla's Autopilot Driver Assist System had been engaged. They pulled in front of the car to get it to slow down and safely come to a complete stop in the middle of the highway. Not surprisingly, the officers found the driver asleep and drunk. This whole episode gave a new (literal) meaning to the idiom “asleep at the wheel”.   The phrase was originally intended to mean “failing to attend to one's responsibilities or duties; not doing or paying attention to that which is important or for which one is responsible.”    Can you recall a time when you or someone you love was “asleep at the wheel”?  Read More