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 …
Harder is Easier to Notice
I’m cross training for my part in the Manitoba Marathon relay…I’m taking my bike to work these days. Ok…I drove my bicycle yesterday and today…I realize that hardly makes it a habit…but a person has gotta start somewhere, right? On the way this morning, it was a tough slog to work. Although it was a …
Focus on the Intent, not the Content
D’ya notice how often people don’t say what they mean, because they know what they have to actually say to get what they actually want? This weekend, I was sitting in the bleachers of a gym…and the woman beside me dropped a bottle of Gatorade underneath the bleacher…and it rolled several feet several feet sideways …
Embracing the Stitch
Sometimes I forget that discomfort is not only to be tolerated, but can be embraced… I run. Not fast, not as regularly as I’d like, but I’ve been running for about 11 years. Gets me out in the sun, enjoying the beautiful outdoors, is healthy for my body, and good for my soul. But I’m …
A Thought
When people say “Let it go,” what they really mean is “Get over it,” and that’s not a helpful thing to say. It’s not a matter of letting go—you would if you could. Instead of “Let it go,” we should probably say “Let it be”; this recognizes that the mind won’t let go and the …
Thanx, Melanie!
Just so you know, just for today, if you call around lunchtime, you won’t get an answer. Call back in the early afternoon. At lunchtime, Melanie, office manager and client care manager, will be down the street…I’m taking her out for lunch. It was Administrative Professional’s Day on Wednesday. We didn’t celebrate on Wednesday…cuz it …
Getting a System to Work Well
What if there was a technique to reduce surgical complications by 35% and fatality rates in surgery by 47%…across the board…all surgeries, all over the world, no matter what kind of hospital in whatever country? And what if I told you that this technique has been tried and tested in multiple sorts of surgical centers…and …
Change and Time Available
The level of work has to fit how much time you’ve got…so you need to be aware of how that affects the counselling process. Imagine your child is getting married in six months’ time…and you are having the rehearsal dinner at your house. It is exciting and you are thrilled and you want the dinner …