“We don’t absorb the energy of others, we match it. Wayne Dyer I’ve written about emotional vampires before: those people around us that are victims, know-it-alls, or complainers. Lately, my thinking on how to best deal with these people has evolved. If we feel drained after interacting with one of these types, it’s...Read More
The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short. ~ Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist, 1908-1970 It is estimated that we are exposed to 5,000 ads a day. Our economy is built on us consuming things, food, clothes, shelter improvements…. Businesses tend to create things that cluster at the...Read More
In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit. Anne Frank An old fable goes that a lion was roaring night and day, terrorizing a village. One day, a shepherd named Androcles heard whimpering in a cave, and found the...Read More
Our habits of mind can play incredible tricks on us. One of the first things I learned to do as a nurse was to accurately name things… once we have the accurate assessment, then the right remedy can follow. This simple principle can help us self-regulate, get unstuck and acknowledge and remedy unspecified stress or...Read More
You cannot step into the same river twice. Heraclitus [Philosopher 544 BC – 483 BC] Parenting teenagers forces us to operate in unknown territory. I have found it to be complex and ever changing. It is not intuitive and what works in one situation or kid, doesn’t work in another. Parenting forces us to be...Read More
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good. —John Steinbeck When you do something that is classified as boneheaded, be quick to acknowledge your humanness. Launching into mean-spirited self-talk lands us in the valley of suffering. This dark valley is a place where we may brutalize ourselves based on our...Read More
We are willing to pursue any vile task as long as it allows us to avoid something worse. Piers Steel, author The Procrastination Equation When we put off that which is most important to us, the first remedy is to study our own reluctance. Yet if we approach all projects without delay, we may...Read More
Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old, shared a little of what he is good at doing Quincy Jones Play to your strengths. New research from the field of positive psychology and beyond has been providing the scientific underpinnings for why this matters and the benefits...Read More
Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless. Thomas Edison When a designer attempts to solve a problem, they first offer up several options and experiment. They know that the solution to any problem can be solved in...Read More
