by Karen Henry | December 2019 | Gratitude, Grit/Grace/Gratitude, Karen Henry
The sound of silence. There’s a ringing in my ear. The hype of pending holiday. It’s growing very near. This year is very different. The atmosphere’s been changed. There is no joyous noel. The memories remain. The children are all grown now. The...
by Karen Henry | November 2019 | Gratitude, Grit/Grace/Gratitude, Karen Henry
When we heal, we experience transcendence. People who fully live in the present are able to navigate from past experiences toward a more meaningful life. Those who feel that sense of wholeness or completeness are able to transcend the lessons we learned along the path...
by Karen Henry | November 2019 | Grace, Gratitude, Grit, Grit/Grace/Gratitude, Karen Henry
Abundance ‘I have abundance of …’, finish that sentence in your own voice. ‘I am abundant in …’, finish that sentence. Turn it into an action word, and now, a present day, ‘now’ phrase. The self-help industries tell us to envision it, as if we already...
by Lena Britnell | August 2019 | Gratitude, Guilt
It may come as no surprise that as a relatively self-aware thirty something woman and mother I struggle with frequent feelings of guilt. It seems as professional women we are constantly exposed to reminders of our dual responsibility to care for others, the gratitude...
by Julie Ostrow | May 2019 | Gratitude, Julie Ostrow
As I am writing this, I feel tired but content. As I wonder about what to write, I am thinking about how I would rather be in bed on this chilly—yet sunny—day here in the Chicago suburbs. (When it is chilly outside, I love being inside with my cozy socks on while...
by Preeti Sumai | February 2019 | Gratitude
How often do you express appreciation at work? I’m not just talking about thanking someone when, for example, they hold the door open…although that is important. I mean showing your gratitude to a colleague because they have helped you in a way that has made a real...
