by JoAnne Marceau | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog
Variety is the spice of life. It’s cliché and it’s also neuroscience. Dopamine is the key to motivation and we produce dopamine when we try new stuff and create things. Experimenting with new recipes infuses novelty and creativity into my days off and along with...
by JoAnne Marceau | Sep 30, 2016 | Blog
When we revisit the tough times in our life, it’s an opportunity to celebrate our resilience. You might think of resilience as bouncing back. I like to think of it as bouncing back and BEYOND so your old ceiling becomes your new floor. You create a new normal. Day...
by JoAnne Marceau | Sep 29, 2016 | Blog
Sometimes the things that shock or disturb us bring the greatest lessons. The exercise for day #4 of the 30-day Blog Rock Star Challenge is to share a funny story from my childhood. In this case, age 21 qualifies. I was naïve and childlike in many ways at that age....
by JoAnne Marceau | Sep 28, 2016 | Blog
Growing confidence and befriending your voice of doubt takes some training and a sense of humor. The exercise for day #3 of the 30-day Blog Rock Star Challenge is to share 10 fun things about me; so here are my 10. I was 46 before I had my first pedicure I love to...
by JoAnne Marceau | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog
Day #2 of the Blogging Challenge is to write about where I was born. That’s not very interesting but leaving Los Angeles when I was 6 years old was! I remember a few things about Los Angeles — it was flat and dry with avocados growing in the back yard and...