The Extraordinary Power of the Three L’s
This post was written after a request from a client to share a simple but transformative technique I’ve called the three L’s which I introduced to her years ago and she continues to use on a regular basis. It can be applied to basically any life experience, positive or negative, but I find it most […]
The Last of The Human Freedoms
Many years ago I came across one of the most transformative books I had ever read and I have referred to various parts of it many times over the years both personally and professionally. That piece of writing was Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl. If you are developing a reading list for […]
Gaining Perspective
If you find the theme of this post similar to others I have written over the past several years, I don’t apologize but rather alert you to the fact that I will be lifting this up time and time again! Gaining perspective has clearly been and continues to be one of the major gifts in […]
The Gift of New Eyes
Have you ever gotten a new set of eyes? I have. So many times, in fact, that the list is only limited by my challenged memory! But right now, I’d only like to share two, one I had been gifted with over 45 years ago and I have unwrapped it many times since, the second one […]
They Will Never Know…
Before I get into this month’s post, there is an important clarification I want to make in regards to the September post based on responses from some folks who follow our post faithfully. Several people commented that they were glad I wrote about this topic because they too are annoyed by people who do not […]
Self Growth Projects
I was steaming mad! I had been sitting our “grand dog”, Arnie, while our youngest son and his family were visiting Yellowstone for two weeks and while we were on a walk, I had accidentally stepped in a non-harvested pile of some other dog’s poop! Cleaning that “poop” (my internal dialogue at the time used […]
Community?
Recently after attending a concert at our retirement community, I greeted a “newbie” resident on the way out of the auditorium and asked if she enjoyed the music. She said she had. “All of the amenities, programs, dining options etc. are even better than I expected,” she said. “However I haven’t experienced the sense of […]
Forgiveness
“Forgiveness is a reflection of loving yourself enough to move on.” — Steve Maraboli When I read that quote, it immediately jumped out at me and wouldn’t let me go. Even though I’ve dealt with forgiveness in a big way both personally and professionally, I’d never thought about it quite like that before. Certainly over […]
Exclusion or Inclusion?
I came across this statement on a sign a few weeks ago and it immediately got lodged deep in my gray matter and then periodically surfaced in a wide variety of situations and conversations afterwards. The longer I held on to this simple statement and attempted to apply it, the more profound it became! The […]