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Wisdom As Teacher
Wisdom is a process, not an event. Wisdom is generated through conscious and intentional practice. Furthermore, it's strengthened by a healthy curiosity. In this week's podcast episode I talk about the diligence and consistency demonstrated by my maternal grandmother...
Optimism: Your Special Sauce
Optimism starts and ends with how you think about or process what's happening to you. Think you're in danger - you feel anxiety. Think you're being treated unfairly -- you feel anger, sadness or despair. Choose to be optimistic & change your life. Optimism comes...
Answers Won’t Move the Needle
Arriving at the answer feels good. That said, it's not in the answers that you discover where you want to be. Instead, consider a practice of inquiry that values reflection and insights that open up doors and windows of thought and possibility. This week's Wednesday...
Empathy: the Capacity to Connect
Empathy, when warranted, is a powerful skill worth practicing. Actually, I'm toying with the idea that empathy may be a discipline more than a skill. Clearly, empathy expands your perspective opening lines of communication that support your growth and personal...
Change – The Approach & the Reaction
"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Max Planck Emotion may be the catalyst for change BUT if you FAIL to be aware of the potential change-back-reaction and respond effectively, you'll be in constant reaction mode. In the...
Emotion – Catalyst For Change
Emotion will get the best of you when you let it. Just the same, It can bring out the best in you. Moreover, emotion can control you or manipulate you, hurting relationships and outcomes in your life. After-all, e-motion, energy-in-motion, is the way anything and...
Choice is the Source of Meaning
Choice is not for the faint of heart. When you realize you have choice, life has more meaning, That said, it then holds more risk which may be why so many people hide within or behind the status quo. In this week's podcast episode I identify how my newest clients...
Making Meaning: Life’s Journey
Meaning-making is a shared human trait. When choosing to make this my New Year's theme I hadn't anticipated it becoming my 2019 theme. Those who follow me on Instagram know the story on how that changed and I briefly share it below. As my theme for the year, I'll...
Disputations: a powerful relationship saving skill
Rather than drowning in your negative unproductive thoughts, learn how to deploy the three types of disputations. This skill will save relationships. Learn how to apply it using the steps outlined below. Consider participating in my system to become familiar with how...
Idealism: Balancing a Healthy Pragmatism
Idealism is an attitude and attitude is a choice. Your success is determined by your attitude and shaped by your mindset, revealing itself in every other choice you make through the day. Pragmatism is also an attitude. Ask yourself: when do you choose a pragmatic or...