by JeanGatzCSP | Dec 1, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
We’re almost there! Here are my last few ideas to help you create stress-free holidays. Gift 8: Think carefully before you get “carried away” with holiday enthusiasm. Many years ago a dear friend invited me to a “cookie exchange.” In theory I would come home...
by JeanGatzCSP | Nov 17, 2022 | Blog
Gift 5: Spending time with people you love is a wonderful gift, and special holidays can be lonely without them. If you’re spending the holidays away from home and family this year, you don’t have to do it alone. If following old traditions is not possible, start some...
by JeanGatzCSP | Nov 17, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
If you enjoyed “Happier Holidays, Part 1” have you thought of any other gifts you can give yourself as the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays approach? Customs and traditions can be amazing Gifts in the life of any family. Little kids grow up and have their own...
by JeanGatzCSP | Oct 20, 2022 | Blog, Self-Care
At a recent luncheon with several of my blog readers, the talk turned to the upcoming holidays. They laughed when I shared the title of a recent magazine article I’d read: How to Survive Thanksgiving and Christmas. Survive?? Really?? As they told stories about how...
by JeanGatzCSP | Sep 29, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
A friend just sent me a photo from our ziplining trip in Alaska a few years ago. Dealing with change can be like ziplining if you’ve had days that leave you thinking, “This is not what I signed up for!” I learned a few things about ziplining that have helped me handle...
by JeanGatzCSP | Sep 1, 2022 | Blog
Even though I lead women’s retreats all over the US, I live in Louisiana. Like so many of you in our area, every year I prepare, plan, worry (and pray) to be spared from those destructive storms we call hurricanes. And all of those hurricanes – all of those...
