The Recipe for Respite: What My Vacation Taught Me About Real Rest Before I left for vacation, I was racing to the finish line of renovating a long held rental property to put on the market. Time was of the essence since the start of the school year is a key...
Have you ever walked in trance at 6:00 a.m. with your heart wide open? I have. I’m sure passersby thought we were zombies – or that we drank some kind of spiked Kool-Aid. But I didn’t care. And I’d do it again in a heartbeat — pun intended. My...
I recently came back from a marvelous trip to Kentucky to enjoy autumn in all its glory. We wanted to thoroughly enjoy the leaves, but had so much going on at home that we knew we would miss experiencing the full autumn splendor in the Upper Midwest. According to...
You are the only one that can think in your own head – and you have a choice about what to think about! Yes! Just like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, you had the power all along. Did you know it’s impossible to think two thoughts at the same time? You might think...
Steps to Building Personal Resilience I’d like to share my steps to building personal resilience since my heart attack. And gratitude really is the underlying foundation for my “emotional” recovery. In the wake of my heart attack it wasn’t difficult to think...