It seems every teacher is a continual learner. As they acquire new information, particularly what is pertinent to their teaching, they first assimilate it for themselves and then share the new learning. In other words, they tune in to remain current and relevant.We are all teaching and learning every day, even if and when we…
There is an adage: Do what you love and you’ll not work a day in your life. Joe Kreuz embodies this better than anyone I know. So how did he manage to do what evades so many of us? Listening to Joe tell his story makes me think that he did a couple of things.…
Just as intellectual intelligence is known as IQ, so too is the measure of emotional intelligence known as EQ. If we understand exactly what emotional intelligence is, then we also recognize how EQ is part of the answer to solving the world’s problems. Consider that each human being is either aware of their emotions and…
If we sometimes feel overwhelmed by the need for world change, all we need do is take on the challenge right where we stand. It’s like the quote by Desmond Tutu who said that “there is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.” Of course, he was not speaking literally,…
We are only too aware of polarizing positions in our world. And the reason that we are so aware is that these positions are too present in our lives. While we know this has to change, and we hear it often enough, why is it that we continue to live separated in our positions and…
It is about doing what we love, loving what we do, and being willing to be one hundred percent honest with ourselves and the world. It’s the path to happiness and success. So why aren’t we all happy and successful? Why do we have pain and strife in our world? Integrity and love are sister…
We are either contributing to the peace and love in the world or to the negative energy that causes hurt and ultimate destruction.
There is a little book called Life’s Little Instruction Book that was initially written in 1940. The author is H. Jackson Brown, Jr., and his 21 points have definitely stood the test of time. We review each step here, highlighting the importance of each, and referring back to so many other shows in which we…
Minnie’s story serves to highlight what so many of us experience. From the lack of career guidance to accepting work that had little or nothing to do with her passion, she speaks powerfully about how she felt and the advice she can deliver as a consequence. Like many, there were sparks of illumination in some…
John Gottman identified relationship barriers as what he referred to as the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” These are criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling. We recognize these as self-protective mechanisms that, in fact, are guaranteed to destroy our relationship. That’s because they originate in unresolved pain from our past. Instead of being in relationship and…