How the Five Most Influential People In Your Life Impact Your Aging

I’ve been thinking about relationships a lot this week. Last Monday the HBO documentary was released, “If You’re Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast”.  It featured Tony Bennett, Mel Brooks, Kirk Douglas, Irving Fields, Stan Harper, Norman Lear, Dick Van Dyke and Betty White, among others.  In the film, Carl Reiner asks the question: “What’s the secret […]

What Hansel and Gretel Knew That You Need to Know

Every now and then, we get a yearning for something different, something more, something better. It’s a restlessness; a dissatisfaction. Life might be going quite well, humming along, routines in place, responsibilities met, and some enjoyment along the way. But this craving, this restlessness is deeper, like a desire being whispered by your soul. You […]

The One Element That Most Often Defeats Change

“Be gentle with yourself for you are living through a major expansion of your faith and how you use it in the world. You are rewiring decades of old beliefs and shifting how you live your life.  This is no small fear.  It is OK to feel uncomfortable.  Great change often brings with it discomfort and […]

Using Disappointment to Leverage Success

We are instinctively created, as part of our basic survival, to avoid pain. We will do everything we can to push it away – blame, project, shame, deny, minimize, berate, distract, and medicate, just to name a few of our strategies. Yet when disappointment happens – and it will happen – in every setting and […]

Get Your “But…” Out of the Rut

If you are tired of what you’re doing in the workplace, it’s time to get your “But…” out of the rut.  You deserve to contribute in a meaningful and satisfying way.  If you’re not having that experience in your work environment right now, it’s time to stop focusing on reasons why you can’t find something better […]