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Resilience is a Learnable Skill Set
Resilience is a Learnable Skill Set
Folks, I do my best to plan ahead, to live smart and avoid dumb, to sidestep as many of life’s pitfalls and traps as I…
October 2, 2025
By Fearing the Worst, I Destroyed the Best
Decades and decades ago, I ran across a scrap of paper (post move-out in a vacant apartment), evidently a portion of a discarded letter. I…
September 30, 2025
One Day it Will All Be Done… NOT!
Folks, I’ve got to tell you, there really is no finish line. Oh, there is goal accomplishment and task completion, all good and wonderful things.…
September 23, 2025
How to Become the Smartest Person in the Room
To give away the punch line up front, this all turns on how we choose to define ‘The Smartest Person’. And while raw IQ definitely…
September 18, 2025
Have You Created Your Inner Sanctuary?
Life can be challenging and chaotic. Unfortunately, we can’t magically whisk ourselves beachside to Tahiti for instant stress release. And you know what? Even if…
September 16, 2025
What are Your Centering Phrases?
Centering phrases are anything that speaks to us, calming words we use to call forth our best selves in times of need or stress. I’ve…
September 11, 2025
Peeling the Onion
The inner journey of self-discovery can be likened to peeling an onion, layer after layer, perhaps with some tears and fears along the way. Each…
August 28, 2025
Swallowed Any Hand Grenades Lately?
Life is complex. While there is much truth in the adage, “feelings buried alive never die” there is also a place for “letting bygones be…
August 26, 2025
Calibrating Your Caring; Pacing Your Passion to Perform and Persevere
NYT recently ran an article about a golf pro with a growing history of faltering at the very end, letting tournament after tournament slip away…
August 21, 2025
Self-Esteem: The Reputation We Have with Ourselves
A good sense of self is important to living an emotionally healthy life and it starts with accepting where you are. You may not be…
August 19, 2025
Take Vitamin T Every Day
Vitamin T is TRUST, and trust is the foundation of every human relationship. While trust can be created in dramatic moments, most often trust develops…
August 14, 2025