Category Archives: Research

Ch-ch-ch-ch changes

Having a baby, losing a job, moving to a new town, getting divorced, starting a business, getting married, becoming the boss, becoming a grandparent—what do all these things have in common?
Change, of course, is the common denominator. The big life changes, like birth and marriage and death, are easily visible yet our lives are all [...]

Real obstacles or darn good excuses?

What do you do when you want to change your life but the obstacles seem daunting? One of our readers lives near Boston and feels totally stuck there, especially during the long winters. She dreams of moving some place warm but keeps coming up against three stumbling blocks:

her husband loves Boston, the cold and his [...]

Can You Afford The Life You Want?

We’re often deeply moved by the e-mails we get from our readers. Just recently a woman named Julie wrote, “I am so unhappy in my job, and pretty much always have been, but I can’t afford to do the things I want to do. In order to be responsible and pay my bills, I have [...]

Changing Course? 10 best questions to ask

One of the best ways to figure out how to change your course for the better is to ask the right questions. Creating a life you love means researching the options that interest you and to do so, you’ll want to get information from people who have done something similar. You want to learn from [...]

Define Your Goals

Long walks are a great way to talk about what part of your life might need some adjustment.
An essential step in figuring out how to live what you love is to do lots of research. But by this, we don’t mean getting information from the Web or from books or mentors. It’s about you. Before [...]