Here's a quick tip that can have a big impact on communication. This is a tip that I often recommend for romantic partners but I also HIGHLY recommend using it with anyone in your life that you are close to - including friends, family members, and colleagues.

I probably don't need to remind you that today is the one of the most polarizing holidays of the year. Here's a wild statistic that I just learned: Americans are planning to spend $25.9 billion this year on Valentine's Day.

Let's try a quick experiment. You ready? When I say the word money, what physical reactions do you notice in your body? What thoughts run through your mind? What emotions do you experience?

Let me paint a picture for you: It's 6:30 pm, it's been a looong workday, and you are hurriedly trying to wrap up emails so that you can catch that restorative yoga class that your entire mind, body, and soul has been CRAVING. Suddenly, you hear the dreaded “ding” of a new email in your inbox.

While I'm admittedly a hyper-reflective person who loves a good new year's intention, this year I did things a bit differently. I noticed that all of the busyness and excitement around the end-of-year holidays actually gets in the way of having the type of quiet, reflective time that I need to gain clarity about my new year's intentions.

I'm not going to lie - I have written this intro paragraph about twenty times at this point. So many thoughts are swirling through my head that it's hard to know where to start. Can you relate?