Do you know your limits? So many of us don’t. Or worse yet, we are afraid that if we admit we have limits that we are weak. When in...

I was sitting next to one of my best friends in the whole world (who happens to be 3X my age and oh so wise) when she asked how my life...

In life we are told to take risks. In the same breath, we are also taught to be careful, to not push our luck, or to watch out for the...

I never made my junior high volleyball team. On my 18th birthday both my boyfriend and best friend canceled their plans with me. My choir...

Life always seems to be one step ahead of us. We can’t wait for something looming right over our horizon. I get it. I’ve been there. I...

Truth be told, I haven’t lived life on my own terms for a long time. Did I know this about myself? No way. I thought that every decision...

With Fall right around the corner, I have been thinking a lot about school. I graduated from college two years ago, coming up on my third...

Lately all of the wonderful habits I promised myself I would start, or at least start doing better, have not happened. Not even one. This...

Is it a universal law that someone always has to be better than you at something? It sure can seem like that. We all get intimidated. We...

Control—we all want it. We want control over our lives, our bank account, other people, circumstances, and our hardships. We feel that if...

There is the best place that all of us dream of visiting. It is nice year-round, yet hardly anyone seems to visit. That place is called...

I loved Ted Talks. Some are defiantly better than others. Here is one that I believe is worth your time. In this talk, Meg Jay shares how...

I love goals! I love goal setting, goal brain-storming, and goal achieving. It is one of the most satisfying feelings in the world to...

Recently I was asked to speak to a group of young women about heroes. I thought long and hard about it and pondered who my heroes were....

Today I posted a new video on my YouTube channel AJ Life Hacks that is all about time management (I will include a link at the bottom of...

Many people think that kindness is a sign of weakness when it comes to business or getting your way. Actually just the opposite is true....

I heard a quote by an anonymous author that said, “Stop looking for happiness where you lost it.” The words really struck me and I have...