Letting Go of the GAVEL!
Who handed us the gavel and why do we accept it? Why is becoming the Judge so appealing for us? I find myself, usually quite subtly, needing to judge other folks. Sometimes it’s behaviors, other times a position they have taken or even their manner of dress, etc. I seldom verbalize my judgments these days […]
Life-Altering Affirmation
The transformative power of genuine affirmation is unlimited and unending! It was 1970 and I was in my second summer working as a hobo clown in ragtag traveling youth circus. Some of my college classmates had “real” jobs in their chosen fields that paid two or three times what I was making, but I had […]
Blooming Unexpectedly!
Blooming is important, but blooming when unexpected is even more impactful and potentially transformative! Recently I walked out on the patio to water our plants, including a Thanksgiving cactus plant. Unlike most cacti which bloom in spring or summer, this plant—as you might guess from its name—decides to bloom in late fall/early winter. That quality […]
Long Overdue
I’m receiving a lot more feedback from a wider spectrum of folks these days—often through avenues other than the comments section, some of which are still a puzzlement for me!—and an increasing amount of feedback relates to my repeated references to the “Sneaky God” that continues to show up in my posts (and life)! And, […]
The Gift of Time!
This topic has been on my “possible post list” for quite some “time”! Isn’t it interesting that the topics or themes that I personally wrestle with the most somehow also seem to be those that struggle to rise to the top of my writing list?? I have been making notes for several months whenever I’ve […]
Fels-Naptha Soap: The Soap that Planted Seeds
Are you familiar with Fels-Naptha soap? I have come to realize that many younger folks have never heard of this brand of soap which was first introduced in 1893 and is still available today. My mother used it throughout my childhood and it played a starring role in one of the most transformative seeds she […]
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 […]