Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life

Discovery, Emotions, Family, Fear

INSIDE OUT – WHO IS CONTROLLING YOUR EMOTIONS?

There is a new Pixar movie called INSIDE OUT. I’m not going to spoiler alert this for anyone. My advice is – go see this film. In the theatre. Big screen. Surround sound. Popcorn in hand. Get the full-on Technicolor, no distractions movie experience. Inside Out is the story of Riley, an eleven-year -old girl whose many conflicting emotions are starting to take over. It shows us a human being from the POV of their feelings. Each emotion has an… Read More

Discovery, Growth, Hanging In There, Obstacles

No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person.

Character, Clarity, Discovery, Ego

It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

Clarity, Discovery, Growth, Hanging In There

You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.

Change, Courage, Discovery, DREAMS, Family, Fear

GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE HOLIDAYS

As I looked around the neighborhood I was amazed at what I saw. House after house decorated with beautiful Christmas decor. Look at that house! Lights. Garland. Trimming. The works. It looked so good. So warm and inviting. So loving and kind. Then there was my house. The one with no Christmas décor; No nothing ~ just dark, cold, and lifeless. My house seemed to be the only house on the block with no holiday cheer. That’s how I remember… Read More

Discovery, Friendship

Self-reflection is a wonderful tool for becoming a better person – but still we have our blind spots. That’s why we need friends with mirrors.

Discovery, Emotions, Fear, Transformation

Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation.

Discovery, Growth, Obstacles

I’ve learned that many of the worst things lead to the best things, that no great thing is achieved without a couple of bad, bad things on the way to them, and that the bad things that happen to you bring, in some cases , the good things.

Clarity, Discovery

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Discovery, Helping Hand

Sometimes something happens and you find that all the people you knew are like nothing and someone you never saw before will reach out a hand to help.