How to Be Aware of the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Too many of us tell ourselves discouraging and disempowering stories. Archetypes can help us tell personal and workplace stories that enhance our lives.
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