Ready To Soar
With the seasonal changes of the past month, the sluggishness I've felt over the winter has began to feel intolerable. I'll be brutally honest here: My personal health habits were dreadful between...
View ArticleFeedback Friday: My Anxiety is Killing Me
So, let's ask ourselves: Why don't zebras get ulcers? Robert Sapolsky wrote a book about stress and anxiety entitled, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. The book is far less about zebras...
View ArticleCompetition (Word of the Week, 4/30/12)
Competition used to feel like a dirty word to me. It conjured a sense of ego and aggression that I just couldn't fathom. In fact, as a child I was often so passive that if an activity with...
View ArticleThe Neglected Spokes
I’ve been doing different variations of the Spokes Assessment every few months for the past 5 years. There are a few things that fascinate me about this tool, particularly when it’s used...
View ArticleFeedback Friday: "I'm Always Scatter-Brained and Can't Seem To Focus."
There are few things in life as gratifying as time well-spent. You know this if you have ever felt like you were “in the zone.”You know this if you have ever experienced a state of flow, wherein time...
View ArticleIntegrity (Word of the Week 5/7/12)
This week's word of the week - Integrity- is coming to you late. And that's because I had a busy weekend, including a trip to see family on Saturday and another trip to see other family Sunday...
View ArticlecREate!!!
The late author Maurice Sendak had the following words to say about creativity during a 1993 interview with Leonard Marcus in Parenting:“One of the few graces of getting old- and God knows there are...
View ArticleResources Through Depression
As an adolescent, I went through periods of intense depression that would often creep over me like a dark storm cloud and envelop me for months on end. At that time in my life, I believed that once...
View ArticleThe Gratitude List
Amidst the hustle-and-bustle of this holiday weekend, take five minutes to consider your blessings. In your mind or on paper, list:5 People For Whom You Are Grateful5 Experiences For Which You Are...
View ArticleBehind Door Number Three
What is it about choice that tends to paralyze us? When several options are laid out ahead, we scrutinize our choices and try earnestly to process our ambivalence. Because the worst possible thing...
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