Intro to who I am and what is the purpose of this Podcast.
How do you ask questions? Do you thoughtfully consider what you are hearing and take a moment to formulate your query? Or are you more reactive, saying what pops in to your mind upon hearing someone say something that stimulates you? Framing a question in a particular manner can make the difference between inviting a…
Very often, when someone we love dies, it triggers reflection and introspection. We are face to face with our own fate: Why are we here? What happens when we die? It forces us to look at our own lives and consider its meaning. What are we doing here? If we believe that we were imprinted…
Accepting responsibility for what happens in our lives empowers us. We see our part in the creation of our circumstance and we know we can change it. Looking externally for someone or something to blame leaves us at the effect of what happens, rather than the cause. In this way, we have no power; we…
World Mental Health Day was October 10th. It’s a time to raise awareness and remind ourselves how we can support our own and others’ ability to remain stable. Professor Laurie Santos (Yale Happiness course) suggests five ways to cope, most of which are preventative maintenance. First, there is exercise, where we experience the mood-boosting benefits…
Living our passions bring us joy. Our joy is infectious. Others in our field get to benefit from us living our dreams. Where do we find the answers we need? No one can tell you anything that you can’t tell yourself better. Go toward your joy and notice your feeling as you do something you…
We are not born with a religion but we do come in as spiritual beings. As many new age and spiritual leaders remind us, “we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” In our willingness to apologize, forgive and let go of attachments to offenses, we demonstrate our courage, strength and self-content or happiness. This…
Special love, that which we consider romantic, is not authentic love. The reason is that if we take on another in a romantic partnership, we can easily do so under the guise that they will “complete us.” They will “make us whole.” We need them to behave in such a way as to “prove” their…
The beauty of giving of oneself and one’s resources to those in need has been on full display during this time of a world health crisis. So many have found themselves without, having lost the comfort of knowing they can take care of their family’s basic needs and so many others have stepped up to…
Statistics in 2018 tell us that about 1 in 5 American adults suffer from some degree of mental illness. One in 25 of us is seriously mentally challenged. The question is, are we born with our mental health or are there forces at work to cause us to acquire attitudes that lead to an issue…