1. The Wise Older Woman
A Wonderful, wise woman of ripe age made beautiful by her innate goodness, positive action and good deeds....

2. Practical Ways to Bring Enchantment into Your Life
How to access positive states of well being again and again. These positive states are unique to you and often reflect your interests, talents, and potential. Here are some activities useful in helping you get in touch with your Enchanted Self....

3. Baking-Loaves of Love
It is important to stretch ourselves--to dare to discover who we are in the most positive terms and then to let our very essence reflect our individual 'beauty'....

4. Life Writing, One Facet of Living an Enchanted Life
In writing THE ENCHANTED SELF, A Positive Therapy, I began writing about my past and experiences again, but this time looking for precious treasure: the positive parts of myself and my life. In writing down my thoughts, feelings and memories, I discovered many wonderful memories growing up....

5. Life, The Greatest Ride of All
Life is the greatest roller coaster ride we will ever take. The ups and downs, the unexpected changes, the twists and turns, are all a part of living. Our states of mind and body are key factors in how we handle these changes. The problems of life do not go away magically. We have to consciously work on making our lives more positive and joyful....

6. Designing A Life - We Each Get The Chance
As we pass through the Seven Gateways to Enchantment again and again and become a true Enchanted Self, we see that life is all about living and then telling and retelling the stories of our lives to get the most positive juice from our stories....

7. Practical Steps to Enchantment: Improving Your Self Esteem
Often in our society, we are bombarded with the lives of celebrities. We can end up feeling that if we are not part of the rich and famous, our lives are insignificant. Our society also sends a message of competition and achievement....

8. The Communal Sharing of Enchantment
Mentoring and learning from each other is much more that taking a course or explicitly giving someone advice or help. Almost every moment of every day when we are with people has the potential for becoming a mentoring or a learning situation....

9. The Enchantress Within Each of Us Returns-Making Potholders, One Stitch at a Time!
Can you feel the energy-the passion and determination of the child? It might surprise you to realize that within each of us, the child, with her energy, her passions, her potential for greatness, is still alive....

10. Coming To Your Senses, Again and Again!
When we talk about the Enchanted Self we are referring to positive states of mind and body that are unique to each of us. We are also referring to the process by which we tap into our Enchanted Self....

11. Recipe for Enchantment - The Three R's: Remembering the Best, Restoring Yourself, Rapture
In today's world there are so many wonderful and inspirational books. They help make us feel in harmony with the universe. But an essential that is missing from these books is the mental and emotional perspiration that we need to go through as we struggle to live a life of meaning and joy....

12. Coping as a Tool of Enchantment
Many of my readers write to me about the tensions of everyday life. Not only do people wonder how to relax, but people often ask, "How do I learn to better cope with what faces me?...

13. Happiness: The Secret Ingredient is YOU!
Dr. Holstein, positive psychologist and happiness coach, shares her happiness creation process that easily helps us upgrade our moods and behaviors so we are happy!...

14. Spring Into Enchantment
Nature provides enchantment all around us in the spring. If you look high up in a tree you might see an exquisite bird singing loudly, full of life. It is as if nature gives humans an opportunity for enchantment all around....

15. Helping Our Children Feel Good About Themselves
We have so much influence over the next generation! Lots of times we forget how much influence, as our children or grandchildren can appear to ignore us, forget us or even worse--run from us in o­ne way or another....