There is something about a man who will do whatever it takes to delight his wife that gets me…like wow, when a guy is willing to be foolish to give his wife some humour at a time she really needs some. He doesn’t care what others think. He is bold and courageous. He’s got his …
Hump Day Nudge: I am Enough
“The drummer boy” has been my favourite Christmas song every since I was a little girl. I grew up with the “Bony M” version, but the Pentatonix is my current fave version (and the new favourite of millions of others, I think, too, judging by the over 19 million views in three weeks or so) …
Hump Day Nudge: Kid Wisdom
Around our house, I used to say, “Remember to mind your manners, offer to help out, ask them questions to show interest, and say ‘thank you’”, and so on, whenever one of my junior tribe members would go to a friend’s house for dinner or a sleep over. After a while, as they would be …
Hump Day Nudge: Loneliness
We are created for relationship. Pure and simple. A video on loneliness hardly seems like a little boost to get a person through the week, I know. But this is beautiful, clever, and the graphics say just what the voice does, ever so eloquently. Ironically, it just feels like something a person should share with …
Hump Day Nudge: Getting off the Bench
We are made to live in community…and we do well when we help each other out. I saw this video recently…only 68 seconds long, it inspires me to look around and make myself available to help another who needs it. Darnell Barton is going along, doing his job, and notices that someone needs help. He …
Hump Day Nudge: Kindness changes the giver
November 13th is the International Day of Kindness…let’s celebrate!! Quote by Lao Tzu I love stories of pure kindness that comes in unlikely places to a person who could use a dose of grace in their lives. I love those stories even better when a person extending the kindness experiences change inside that transforms who …
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I took this year off of teaching as a self proclaimed “sabbatical-type” year…this year I have only one job and I’m focusing on it, able to take a course in clinical supervision so that I might be a more effective clinical supervisor, and getting my certification in Brené Brown’s The Daring Way program. It’s given …
Hum:p Day Nudge: Touching Strangers
The value of human touch…the way it creates connection, a sense of caring. Touch breaks down barriers, and gives us something of each other and the human experience we otherwise miss. This video touches a deep place in me as I watch strangers gently and carefully and kindly touch each other. We belong to …
Hump Day Nudge: Indebted to kindness of the debt collector
I just love it when nice guys finish first. When kindness wins. When thoughtfulness and empowerment of another builds a person up. When someone could be mean and demanding to get results…and might even feel entitled to be rude and demanding…but chooses love. This story makes me smile…what happens when you put a debt collector …
Hump Day Nudge: Writing a Better Story
Christian Lunsford makes me swoon a little. I want all little boys to grow up to be like him. A 16 year old boy whose dad has spent most of the last 2 years in jail, and bailed on his kid a long time ago, has to wonder sometimes how he will end up. Why …