The Power of a Positive Mindset

There is an ancient Chinese curse that says “May you live in interesting times.” Well, we are definitely living in interesting times, and not the good kind of interesting – economic challenges, work stress, family stress, political stress, violence,...

Is Your Glass Half-Empty or Completely Full

Airline pilots have an expression – ‘excess capacity’. Excess capacity is the ability for anyone to cope with additional stress and pressure in their lives. Someone who is stressed and having difficulty dealing with their normal everyday life has...

Identity Shifting

Our Identity How do we really know who we are, what our ‘identity’ is?  For that matter, how do we know who someone else is? I can easily say and believe that my name is Anne Bolender, that I have Lupus, that I am a Lupus Life Coach, that I love to travel,...

Feel All The Feels

You’ve just heard the diagnosis from your Doctor that you have a chronic autoimmune disease called Lupus. All of a sudden, the world around you disappears and you can’t focus. In fact, you feel numb. You can’t think. You certainly can’t process...