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By Fearing the Worst, I Destroyed the Best
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
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
Does Time Own You? Or Do You Control Time?
“There are two fundamental ways to approach time: Either it’s something outside of you that you cannot control, or it’s something within you that you…
August 7, 2025
What Are You Creating?
One of the principles of NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) is that “You cannot not communicate.” In other words, we are constantly leaking information; every action, every…
August 5, 2025
Thin Places, Nature, and the Restorative Peace of Contemplation
The ancient Celtics believed in ‘thin places’, special spiritual locations where earth and heaven grew close, where it was possible or at least easier to…
July 22, 2025