Patricia Morgan

Resilient Woman: Feminist, Comedian, and Actor, Joy Behar

Now in her seventies, Behar interests me as a role model who continues to learn, develop and grow. She rouses healthy controversy by telling her truth.

Parenting With Eyes Wide Open – Book Summary

Dwayne Peace’s book, Parenting With Eyes Wide Open is an interweave of his past police work, his interactions with students, parents and others!

Laughter is the Best Medicine: Helping a Friend with Humor

You do not need to be a Patch Adams, wear a red nose, dress up like a clown, or be a therapist to use humor to help a hurting friend.

Words of Wisdom from My Mentor, Gwendolyn Jansma

If you are fortunate or strategic you will find a mentor who will guide and steer your life in directions you never imagined possible.

How to Raise Resilient and Responsible Children

It is an era of the over-indulged child. Here we explore how we might build resilience while encouraging the development of responsible children.

The Resilient Mind: Achieve Success by Building Mental & Emotional Toughness

Ex-police officer, Brad Coulbeck’s book, The Resilient Mind — Achieve Success by Building Mental & Emotional Toughness is filled with stories and research.

How to Use The Virtues Project to Guide Children

With the fading of organized religion, there has been a lack and a hunger for old fashioned, wise guidance for goodness; for the virtues.

Home Sweet Home: Make it Yours (Children Included)

It is easier than you imagine to make a house into a home. Create a place of refuge for all family members including the children.

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up – Book Summary

Marie Kondo, author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing asks, “Does it bring joy?”

Relationship Fighting and 12 Tips to Do Relationship Repair

The probability of arguing or disagreeing in a love relationship. Some describe these moments as Relationship Fighting.

Five Ways to Increase Your Authentic Joy

Gallop Poll . . . They point out that, in their research, regardless of the wars and unrest in the world, seven in 10 people in 138 countries reported in their Positive Experiences Index significant amounts of:

1. enjoyment
2. laughing or smiling
3. feeling well-rested
4. being treated with respect

Insights into the Guts and Sweat of Emotional Triggers

You and your dear one are discussing what to prepare for dinner. Suddenly your heart races and your fists clench. You are ready to fight, run or collapse. Your dearest is now the enemy! YIKES! You are now in the depth of an emotional trigger! Most of have been there! Repeatedly, when people ask, “What […]