I am notoriously bad at relaxing. Ask my husband, he will tell you. I blame it on years and years of go-go-go. Starting from a young age, I was up every morning at 4am to go to practice in a cold and lonely ice rink. I still remember getting dressed for practice the night before, so my mom could put me in the car and let me get an extra 30 minutes of sleep during the journey there. Bleary eyed, weary, and often frigid, I would awaken to a day that was filled with to-dos from

Whether it is a new year’s resolution or a bucket list goal, you may have been told to “dream big” or “think positive” to make what you want out of life happen, but that is often not enough to turn those dreams to reality. Gabrielle Oettingen's WOOP model – or Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan – is a strategy that helps to generate the energy, motivation, and plan to get you moving toward attaining the goal. Why WOOP? Positive thinking isn’t enough when it comes to reaching for g