Susan Mary Malone

Don’t you just hate when you get up just dragging?  I know I do.  It makes me angry, actually.  Because, like you, I don’t have time for it. But I also know that being angry will just deplete my energy further.  Causing a vicious cycle that, well, none of us have time for. And sometimes […]

Don’t you love convening with like-minded folks? I had such a fabulous time speaking at the NETWO Writers’ Conference last weekend! Writers’ conferences jazz me.  Talking about all things writing and meeting with new writers and published authors as well is always fun, as is meeting new friends such as Dawn Frederick of Red Sofa […]

That sounds like an odd question, no?  I mean, you know if you’re happy or not. Why would you need to check to see if you were? Do you ever have those times when your emotions just seem to slump, and you sort of look up and go, what happened?  What’s making me unhappy?  And […]

Self-esteem is a wonderful thing.  We grow this by being successful in the “outer” world, whatever we deem that success to be, whether making the Dean’s List, getting that new job, fitting back into those size-6 jeans.  Or any host of other measuring sticks. But have you ever noticed that any time we measure worth […]

We’ve all heard forever that money can’t buy happiness, no?  And that the things that truly make us happy are free.  Oh, a new car of pair of shoes or puppy may make us happy.  Especially the puppy 🙂 For a time. But have you ever noticed that sort of happiness begins to wane fairly […]

We live in such a funny world.  Have you noticed how “success” is heralded as pretty much the main goal (sometimes it seems the only goal).  One where, especially today, promoting, promoting, promoting is all the rage, and it seems like all anyone does! Social-media outlets are filled with marketing and promotion.  You know the […]

Man, have I ever excelled at this!  I was once the World Champion.  Not so much anymore, although I still have my moments. Have you ever woken up one day and wondered, why am I sad?  And not been able to put your finger exactly on the reason, the source of your unhappiness? I’m not […]

Wouldn’t it be great if a day such as this was no longer needed? What if we lived in a world of gender parity, not only in this country, but around the world? The theme of today’s International Women’s Day is gender equality.  Ah, just imagine if that were already the case! Some of us […]

“Regrets, I’ve had a few, But then again, too few to mention . . .” sang Frank Sinatra. Or then again, maybe more than a few! In our culture of late we’ve seen a surge in the YOLO idea—You Only Live Once—and contained within that is to have no regrets. Especially with the youth culture, […]

We see girls being brave in our world, in huge public ways and smaller ones as well. Who among us isn’t motivated by the incredible courage of Malala Yousafzi? The young Pakistani girl who loved learning, loved school, and became an outspoken opponent of Taliban efforts to restrict education and stop girls from going to […]

Don’t we all want to change the world?  At least in some form or fashion. Everybody I know wants to change at least something about this world we live in, if not a lot of somethings. I often joke that if I ran the world it would be a far better place.  I am laughing, […]

We’re all busy, aren’t we?  Sometimes it seems life zooms by at the speed of blurry light.  Especially this time of year—holidays over, the new year in full bore, all those resolutions and goals begging for attention. Sometimes I’ve felt as if days and weeks and months peeled off the calendar without my ever knowing […]