Summer is here, and ready or not, you will want to be in your tank tops and shorts. Here is a list of 5 super foods and one amazing spice that will leave you energized and ready for the long hot summer days that turn into gorgeous nights in the South Bay.

Do you think of reasons not to do what you say you need to do? Do you belong to a procrastinator’s support group… that never meets? If so, how can you get into gear?

People ask; “Shelley how did you write 24 books?” I feel like a deer in the headlights… because I too am amazed. “How did I do it? After all, I’m naturally a slacker… so laid back that I could easily be like Ferdinand the bull who spends his days sniffing flowers and sleeping under a tree.”

(Excerpt from Shelley’s book “The MYSTERIES OF YOU.” )

Fruit flies do it. Fish do it. Dogs, cats, and lions do it. YOU do too– and you’re so attached to doing it that you spend a quarter of your life doing it because if you don’t– you die. SLEEP! BEAUTIFUL SLEEP.

But why? Why do you suspend voluntary functions to lie supine in an unconscious state? To relax muscles? Rev-up your brain? Restore energy? To learn? Make memories

Welcome to my neighborhood

Our individual worlds have grown smaller since we have been sheltering at home, there much beauty to be found no matter where you live.

I live in San Pedro, so welcome to my neighborhood.

Let’s go take a look around and we’ll discover that many of my neighbors are excellent gardeners.

We’ve all heard that in order to make changes in any portion of our life, we need to track our results. First, we need to write down our SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time Bound). Second, we need to track the progress towards these goals.

Beliefs are things you accept as true.

I was startled when someone told me, “I’d rather be right then liked.”

“Wow,” I thought, “I’d rather be liked then right.” Then I realized we’re both true believers embracing and reinforcing our spin on an idea and our spin determines the outcome. Americans collectively believe the doctrine “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Perhaps being right, and not liked, is key to their happiness. Who’s to say? THEY ARE!