People talk about habits a lot; especially moving toward a new year. Habits, goals, and renewal in general. We hear less about patterns. Yet, working with people over years, and being a journaler with an over-abundance of self-reflection, I notice patterns in … [Read more...] about Patterns That Serve You and Breaking the Ones that Don’t
I Can: Rebel Against Life’s Circumstances
In 2007, the real estate market burst followed up in 2008 with a historic stock market crash, creating economic turmoil through 2009 into 2010. The world and us, its people, were in turmoil. A true recession with a pretty long recovery. Enter 2020 and we have a … [Read more...] about I Can: Rebel Against Life’s Circumstances
Broken Trust Is Not Easily Restored
“You can’t talk yourself out of problems you behave yourself into.” Exactly. I read this quote out of Stephen Covey’s book, Seven Habits of Effective People where he describes his concept of an emotional bank account. It stood out to me because I have had to … [Read more...] about Broken Trust Is Not Easily Restored
This Is Me Trying
Have you ever read the title of a book or song and resonated with it? Even before you read or heard the words. This Is Me Trying is a new Taylor Swift song from her quarantine-produced album, "Folklore". I can’t tell you the lyrics, but I like the title. A million scenarios … [Read more...] about This Is Me Trying
Taking Initiative
Have you ever known a person who had a terrible thing happen to them and they handled it in stride? It can be the hurricane destroyed their house, and although hundreds of homes were severely damaged, this person went about their business taking care of what they needed to, … [Read more...] about Taking Initiative
What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do Revisited
How in the world we got here I don’t know, but now what? How do I handle this? What should I do? Which direction is right? These are the words that introduced this blog almost a decade ago. Today, we may be able to point to how we became isolated, lost our … [Read more...] about What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do Revisited