from the heart

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Living from the Heart

Over a quarter of a century ago, a lovely little book was written carrying a kind and gentle message in parable form.

escaping the tunnel

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Escaping the Tunnel

Tunneling occurs when we are (or at least feel we are) overwhelmed. When folks get slammed with problems, they often enter the

problem blindness

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Problem Blindness

One obstacle with solving problems is when we can’t or won’t see the problem aka “problem blindness”. Problem blindness’s most common form

mentally strong

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Things Mentally Strong People Do

They Release Allowing the emotions of a situation or event to stay behind, to deliberately choose to NOT carry them forward with

A green sign with white letters that says "Demand Better. Expect More."

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When “Nice” Isn’t

“He may be too nice a guy to fix things via challenging others.” We’ve all seen it, the person who lets sub-optimal

keep calm

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Our True Measure

It is in times like these that life takes our “true measure”. In times of crisis, of peril, when the storms of

love yourself

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The Healthy Upside and Potential Downside of Amour Proper

Amour proper is French and means literally “self-love”. As a philosophical concept, it is found in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Blaise

summum bonum

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Summum Bonum

Summum bonum is a Latin phrase meaning “the highest good” and represents a concept introduced by the Roman philosopher Cicero. While some

walking the valley

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Walking the Valley

Between every mountain lies a valley. Some are wide and smooth, others narrow, rocky, and rough yet all must be traversed. Most

brittle learning

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Beware Brittle Learning

“Brittle Learning” is superficial knowing; where you’ve memorized a few “lessons” but do not truly understand the underlying principles. The minute the

learning never ends

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Overlearning: Practice Beyond Perfect

Overlearning means learning more about a subject than the minimum necessary; also practicing a skill above and beyond achieving threshold mastery. The

self concept

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A Faster Horse

“If I had asked people what they wanted they would have said a faster horse.” – Henry Ford 1863-1947 We don’t always