Are You Really Communicating?
What a topic! And clearly one that people are talking about… A quick Google search offered me a range of “top communications challenges”, and after…
Category: Inspirational
Intricately Connected
We know that cells have their own intelligence, capable of operating in organisms in both cooperative and adverse ways. I once read that each human…
Changing Your Watch to You Time
Does this statement sound like a ‘fairytale’ like idea to you? Take another look and notice the statement’s layers. Let me back up a tad…
The First Time I Jumped
The first time I ever physically challenged myself, in spite of my fear, was when I leapt from a 50 ft pole during an event.…
Reflections!
I know that you want to have everything you need to have a full and happy life. Who doesn’t? Who doesn’t want to be great,…
The Energy Within
It’s great to have you back. As promised in my last blog – Charged Up! – here is one simple technique to renew your inner…
Charged Up!
We keep a close eye on our phone’s battery … “can I get back home before it loses power … I keep meaning to buy…
Back to Basics
Like you, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the new year. I believe that each and every one of us has the capacity…
Philosophies to Live By – Part 3
Our final, and possibly biggest, philosophy to live by comes from the Asian continent. Taoism is an ancient Chinese philosophy that teaches how to exist…
Philosophies to Live By – Part 2
Just in case you missed it, our first series was Pamoja, a KiSwahili word meaning togetherness. This second philosophy from across the globe comes from…
Philosophies to Live By – Part 1
Today we begin a 3 Part series, each one covering a philosophy from across the globe – concepts we can certainly learn from and, if…
How to “Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Stream & Follow Every Rainbow ‘Till You Find Your Dream”
Now this blog title is the longest title I’ve ever created … yep, straight out of The Sound of Music. Most of us have one…
Gratitude
Resilience is the capacity to prepare for, recover from and adapt in the face of stress, challenge, or adversity (HeartMath® Institute). In today’s world, these…
What’s UP
Does your life feel like it’s buzzing past you faster than you feel you can cope? In a very short nutshell, here’s where I am…
Mental Health Awareness ~ In Loving Memory of Carolyn Alexander
Your full potential, and the possibilities that it creates, lie within you right now – always did, always will. I think back to my late…
I Choose the Mountain – by Howard Simon
I have a friend, Kathy English Holt, to thank for introducing me to the inspiring motivational poet, Howard Simon and to his poem I Choose…
The Dark Side of a Story
Prince is quoted as saying “There’s a dark side to everything.” And aren’t we all good at highlighting it, and often wallowing in what has…
The Warmth of African Suns …
Aren’t we all in the midst of an exodus? Moving, shifting, and changing our direction until we find what fits. Richard Wright wrote: “I was…
Stand Tall and Cast a Big Shadow
As a young student in Uganda, one of the many poems we were required to recite was “My Shadow” by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is…
Take a Seat at Nature’s Pew
It was a privilege to listen to the harmonious stillness, as uniquely presented by the Canyon gods. And I found what I called nature’s pew…