appreciating the everyday

Crowd on in We generally enjoy being a member of a crowd. Maybe not physically anymore but certainly we like to belong to a group that shares an activity or…

Risky Business The first reaction you have to the word risk is your subconscious way of letting you know how you feel about it. If it brings up negative feelings,…

Patience is Not Always a Virtue The worldwide lock-up has granted most of us partial parole. We still have to follow any updated rules in order to remain safe and…

Conversation Starters Most people love to talk and tell their own stories. You know how this works. You mention that you once tasted a pizza from a particular place and…

Watery Survival Surviving quicksand or deep water requires strategy. Oddly, they both have a base of water but the quicksand has that pesky loose addition of sand that gets angry…

Explosions create Change I like to blow things up. Not things like buildings or bridges but thoughts come to mind. We walk around with these old structures in our brains…

Mindless but Caring The use of mindfulness or meditation exercises is frequently discussed by coaches due to all the goodness it provides. You don't see endless articles written about the…

Is that Right or True? It is so much fun to be right. At least, in the short term. That feeling of knowing what the absolute right choice is can…

The Good Job Effect There is a pithy saying we use to recognize achievement that needs to be replaced. Calculating the number of times you have heard or said the…

Message Thoughts We tend to have thoughts about what others think about us. Those are thoughts about thoughts or a couple of degrees of separation apart. If you played a…