The Truth About Stress

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt Once again, I am writing to myself here. Time and time again, I have shown myself that when I act, I learn, grow and succeed. And when I prepare, and prepare, and prepare, and . .   all I ever get…

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? – George Bernard Shaw These words have often been attributed to one Kennedy or another, but I’m pretty sure it was Shaw who said them first. They’re a great “re-frame” and offer us the opportunity to…

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it. – Rabindranath Tagore Change is constant and inevitable. Difficulties only end when we do (i.e. we die). There will be joy, and pain….

Huh? What’s a W.O.B. you may ask? It’s something that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. W.O.B. stands for Way of Being (WOB). It’s a catch-all term for how you think, feel and act. And it’s so vitally important. I’ll be writing more about this in the future, but I wanted to share something…

I receive Hugh MacLeod’s blog updates and highly recommend you subscribe as well. One recently got my attention and reminded me of a favorite quote from one of my mentors (Thomas Leonard): “People do what they do because they don’t have anything better to do.” Check out Hugh’s blog post here before reading on. I…

There are two basic motivating forces:* fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot…