Life would be easier and simpler (though not better) living in an “either/or” world, rather than a “both/and” world. I may fail often, but I choose, as much as possible, as a matter of personal policy, to choose, “both/and” living. Lemme explain. I used to work in a rehab clinic helping people figure out how …
Sitting Well with Regret
One of my new favorite things to listen to while I am running (btw, I’m humbly/happily on target to be able to contribute my leg of the relay in the upcoming Manitoba Marathon with the Bergen and Associates Counselling team) is a podcast from NPR radio which repackages a few TED talks into a group …
My Anxiety Victory
Small confession here…I’ve taught at the university for years, but have always been intimidated by the whole academia thing…I’ve sometimes felt that if they really knew me, they wouldn’t ask me to teach…because, y’know really, you should be really, really smart to work at the university. I’ve read about this in the literature as “imposter …
Congrats to Nadia and Tom!
Nadia is Married!! Melanie, Roshonna and I motored on south past Winkler yesterday to celebrate with Nadia and Tom. Tom and Nadia were married just over two weeks ago in her childhood home in Ontario. Tom’s family, and many of their friends (including us!) are in Manitoba….so they had a Manitoba party with family and …
And now, we interrupt your crap…
…for a brief interlude of joy. Take it, and enjoy the minute (or actually 5 minutes)…tell me it doesn’t make you smile, or bring tears to your eyes, as you enjoy friends and family helping one man create a memory of a lifetime for his bride-to-be. We all have the constant dribble of the …
It’s a Girl!
Rod Minaker, one of Bergen & Associates Counselling’s team of therapists recently had his second child…Talia Nadine. She’s a read cutie…and we want to congratulate Rod and his wife, Tanya, on the safe arrival of their second daughter. Rod started with Bergen & Associates Counselling years ago…he took me out for breakfast as a total …
A Classy Act of Grace
I was in Toronto a few weeks ago at a National Volleyball tournament. Teams of teenaged boys and girls from across the country come together to play copious amounts of volleyball in a huge center in Toronto…dozens of courts. Love watching volleyball. One game I was watching was a particularly competitive one…the games were very …
Being Treasured…A Priceless Gift
The gift of knowing and hearing one’s worth and value is priceless. Learned that lesson in living color again this week. Ever since my junior tribe members were toddlers, I would take them out for lunch on their birthday. Just the two of us. Always right on the day…unless it was a weekend, and then …
A Thought
There are two main strategies we can adopt to improve the quality of life. The first is to try making external conditions match our goals. The second is to change how we experience external conditions to make them fit our goals better. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Ordinary Courage
I signed me up for a class: Brene Brown and Jen Lemen’s Ordinary Courage: Lessons in Love, Shame, and Worthiness. Pray for me, please. 🙂 It’s a six week class…and my own teaching is still two classes shy of finishing at the university…but it’s been a while since I sunk my teeth into something consistent …