We have all read articles about self-improvement. Forget about what you have read and quiet your mind.

When it comes to self-improvement, there are a few basics skills you should not only have, but work on improving daily and mastering over time.

It’s getting increasingly more difficult to focus these days. There are too many distractions available.

You hear about it all the time. Writer’s Block– that awful moment you find yourself staring at the blank page and realize you have no idea how to begin and a deadline fast approaching.

I’m going to depart from the usual sharing of my favorite recipes and my own table settings to take you on a snap journey to Portugal, the wonderland of good food, people and wine.

Did you think you would be more successful by now? Are you disappointed and discouraged with where you are or where you seem to be headed? Do you feel like you were created for something more?

Do you think that women need to play a role in peacemaking? This is one of the questions answered during the Global Women’s Peace Network (GWPN) conference recently held in Las Vegas.

How would it feel to start your day motivated and organized? It would be great, wouldn’t it? You’d know what you were doing, that everything was sorted and you’d feel brilliant.

We live in an environment that continually reminds us that we’re not enough—that we need to have more and be more—and it’s up to us to improve ourselves to become someone other than who we are at the moment.

My phone rang last week with one of my newest clients. He said, “Christina, we can’t work together anymore.” I was crushed! “What do you mean? Things are going so great!”

It is up to us to open our minds to what “can be” and then make the choice to pursue it passionately. Many people are doing what they do because they think they have to do it.

Mindfulness is a hot topic right now and for a good reason. Mindfulness has been shown to have a range of benefits and can improve your physical, mental and emotional health.