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‘No’ is a Perfectly Acceptable Answer
'No' is a perfectly acceptable answer Knowing so many of you as I do, I know that you are genuine people who desire to be good and to be known in that way. You want to leave more good than bad in the lives of those with whom you cross paths. You want to help others...
Learning to Forgive Yourself
Learning to Forgive Yourself When did we decide that success was the same as perfection? Do you have something that you have been trying to address in your life: eating better, exercising, giving up smoking, drinking less, yelling less, losing your patience less. . ....
Do You Have a Growth Mindset?
Have you noticed how much changes and how quickly it changes? People change, work changes, our families change, and our lives change regularly and recurrently. . . nothing stays the same. Maybe that is good. Years ago, I remember reading a very profound article about...
Boundaries and Emotions
When we talk about what you use to make your decisions — your head or your heart — we all know that emotions (our hearts) can lie to us quite easily. Emotions are fickle and can be impactful on us for no logical reason . . . . because they lie. Emotions can cause us...
What Acceptance Does NOT Mean?
Last week, we talked about what acceptance is, and how we make decisions to accept some things and to reject other things. I encouraged you to stop and reflect over the past week on what you accept and what you don't accept into your life. Today I would like to ask...
Have you Met the Triplets?
Last week, I suggested that if we aren't careful and truly paying attention, we will invite the twins of shame and guilt into our lives, and the lives of those we love, at alarming frequency, with alarming impact and long-lasting power. Are you comfortable continuing...
How Often do you Invite the Twins In?
There are a number of types of relationships that we have with people and things. Sometimes we want to spend time with the person or the item every single day and multiple times per day, other times we want to establish just enough time with that person or thing to...
Do It Afraid
How much has fear robbed from you? How much of your life have you shied away from doing because you believe the lie that you don't know how, that you cannot figure it out, or that you will be bothering people if you ask them for help. Plato said, "We can easily...
Givers and Takers
Givers and Takers Are you a giver or a taker? There is a huge difference, right? We all have people in our lives who give and give. We can see their pattern of behavior, and know that they are a giver, because they are always trying to find ways to give to other...