Resiliency is an essential tool in the attainment and on going experience of happiness. The importance of resiliency can be seen in the stories and traditions handed down from parent to child in all cultural and faith traditions. Stories such as “The Little Engine who Could”, “Tortoise and the Hare” along with modern day Disney [...]

Stop and think – where did my idea of what makes something “perfect” come from. The perfect pie The perfect steak The perfect job The perfect child The perfect relationship The perfect me Our understanding of perfect comes from a “creative” experience of our culture, parents, peers, joys, disappointments, fears and longings. Creative, as in, [...]

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that [...]

When we struggle in the workplace, it’s a reflection of our personal patters in the world (past and present). Taking the time to unravel these patterns allows us the opportunity to see the people and the situations in our work lives in the here and now – with all of the power of our adult! [...]

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. – Ralph Waldo [...]

Our brains are like google (or bing:)), they will go to the most “popular” or closely related experience to inform the emotional and physical self how to react in emotionally charged situations. The glitch in this system is that the top hits of our emotional search engine were developed early in life when we had [...]