The Wisdom of Joy
Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.– Joseph CampbellJoy is a fascinating emotion that we’re often in tension with. On the one hand, we want it, desire it, long for it, and go to great lengths to create it. And on the other...
The Wisdom of Sadness
There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.– Nicholas Sparks Sadness is a very important emotion, with a powerful healing wisdom.Dr. Brené Brown...
The Power of Love: From Breakdown to Breakthrough
At this time last year, I was recovering from a series of deep losses and injuries that left me feeling broken, numb, and physically debilitated. It all started two years ago to the day. We were two weeks away from Christmas when our beloved 11-month old puppy,...
The Moments That Matter Most
This past year, I cared for a friend with terminal brain cancer. During this sacred, heart-wrenching and beautiful time, I was reminded yet again of a simple, yet powerful and all too easily forgotten life lesson: while we chase the big stuff, it’s often the...
A reflection: International Women’s Day
The rumble of the soul says it’s ready to RISE The last show ended, the credits rolled, and I was totally fired up. The last “The Morning Show” episode was p-o-w-e-r-f-u-l. Far from the funny, feel-good show I was expecting, I almost gave up on it. But given its...
Habit Change: break those nasty habits once and for all! (part 5 of 5)
Habit change isn’t easy, but specific strategies can certainly make them easier. Research shows that when we make the desired-habit easier to do than not, we raise our rates for successful, long-term habit change dramatically. As obvious as this may sound however, this is not what people tend to do. In fact, most do the exact opposite!
Habit Change: break those nasty habits once and for all! (part 4 of 5)
The science on habit change tells us that that’s pretty much us: we’re the microorganisms, and our environment is the Petri dish. The above may sound more silly than insightful, but all too often, intelligent people try to thrive in nutrition-deficient Petri dishes. Just as failure to thrive in a Petri dish is less about the mircoorganism than the culture, the same is true for us. So, let’s refocus on you now…