Thanksgiving is all about gratitude and appreciation. Appreciation of what you have. Don’t fall into the trap of what you might not have this year. Focus on who is around versus who cannot be there. Everything around you now is
Q&A with me guided by your query….this question came from one of my loyal LinkedIn followers last week and it’s a great question, Erica Rasmussen! “Why is it that we can only control 40% of our lasting happiness and what
“Maybe you need to see a specialist.” That phrase can be alarming. Whether you’re at the doctor’s office or a mechanic’s shop the phrase indicates you need expertise beyond what’s available to you at that moment. You’re going to need
As a kid I grew up in southern New Jersey near Philadelphia. A hair band named Motely Crue was the first CD I ever owned. The “Dr. Feelgood” CD by Motley Crue came into my life in 1989 and I’m
COVID took my Uncle Jim last week. Uncle Jim was one of many “susceptible” people with the age and pre-existing conditions ripe for this virus. My mother attended his funeral from her car because of her own concerns for her
Crested Butte Mountain Resort is closed for lift-served skiing for the season. Normally we’d celebrate the end of the ski season with a final few slushy days of skiing on Mt. Crested Butte with afternoon beverages and laps with friends.
In his fantastic book “Flourish” Dr. Martin Seligman says the failing of historical approaches to psychology arose from a focus on ameliorating what was “wrong” with someone. Psychology honed in on the causes of suffering caused by mental illnesses and
There are two very different ends of the spectrum in our workplaces. Let’s start at the deep end. The deep, dark end where our work is a drain on us. We don’t feel valued, heard or even noticed. Our work
As I write this I’m on the tail end of a 5-week long RV trip through Baja California Sur. Every single person who I talked to before my trip who had not been to Baja said the same thing “Is
My homie Thich Nhat Hahn suggests a simple half-smile. What’s a Thich? Thich is not a what….he’s a who. Not from Whoville. Man, this is getting off to a rough start. Thich Nhat Hahn is a Buddhist monk from Vietnam