As a therapist, I have a front row seat every day to displays of raw courage. There ain’t nothing like it…I see people take enormous risks and say things out loud that they’ve never even dared form into an official thought inside their head. It’s awesome…truly. A gift that clients give me daily is to …
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 …
The Daring Way ™
I can remember the moment, fundamentally, my perspective changed. Years, ago, I began dancing with a limp…I birthed the most beautiful, perfect little boys you could imagine…they were born silently. No screaming or crying. Ever. I was heartbroken. Heck, I was just plain broken. Period. My dream of having children, a life long passionate dream, …
______ makes me happy
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 …
Best tip: Reconnect when you notice disconnection
Find ways to reconnect emotionally when you notice a disconnection. Sounds obvious, huh? Well, it is, right now, because you’re not steamed, not feeling resentful, guilty, angry, or frustrated. And so you aren’t defensive, belligerent, argumentative, fearful, attacking or withdrawing. Relationships seem so obvious and easy when you’re calm and reading blogs, aren’t they? Not …
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 …
Making Space for Discomfort in Transitions
We all expect hard times when a tough transition hits…a person is diagnosed with cancer, a house burns down, or there is a sudden car accident. It’s rough when tragedy strikes and all of life changes in an instant. In the case of serious illness, the transition may be expected…a relative dies after being in …
Terrified courage
Folks that run into a burning building to rescue a child are regarded as brave heroes. And we often think of brave heroes as folks who fearlessly do very dangerous things. I’m thinking that anybody that enters a burning building without fear isn’t brave…I would think that’s more like a special kind of stupid. That’s …
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 …