I’ve recently rejoined IPPA and renewed my membership with INPM. I’m also a member of a writer’s organization and I volunteer for our local animal shelter. I choose to restructure my time and attendance to what matters most to me. What do you do to invest in your...
Memoirs are the powerfully moving stories written by people who’ve lived through extraordinary lives. They help shape our culture, our heritage, our learning about each other’s worldview. They are often moving but sometimes terrifying. My story over the past three...
Look around. Gorillas are everywhere. We see them everywhere we go, no matter what country, or community. They live amongst the wealthy, and the poor. They exist in cities and in the rural villages. Did you ever see that social experiment where the scientists asked...
Is altruism selfless or selfish? How does altruism actually work? We don’t have to give up parts of ourselves to become part of something bigger. That just naturally happens. Gladly, when done right. Altruism has become big business, but it’s so much more than that....
Take a warrior pose for this blog about internal peace. On my journey from teaching positive psychology to my newly defined life as a pp holistic practitioner, nothing stood out as the foundation more than commanding my own internal peace. The steps, pillars, paths …...
Love. Martin Luther King Jr. said it best. “Hate can not drive out hate, only love can do that”. It’s true for our new trend in mindfulness as well (well, ‘new’ in that the Western civilizations have finally accepted it from the ancient wisdoms of...
Spring means new life, fresh starts and budding beginnings. Of course, as I write this, I’m also watching snow fall on all the newness. We say, “I’m really ready for spring”, meaning, I’m done with the cold season. There’s no doubting that weather plays a role in our...
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Find out what it means to me. The master, Aretha Franklin sang it into our hearts. Today, two hard limits come to mind when I think about people living their best lives. Or, teaching others to live their best lives. Dignity Respect They go hand in hand....
How many of you have experienced a watershed moment? “A turning point or historic moment”. People have them too. We have a history, so why wouldn’t we have historic moments in our own lives? I have to remind myself that at any given moment, we can live a completely...
Sincerity is fearless. There is a great deal of beauty in someone revealing their less than flattering side. It’s one of the things that most attracts me to movies made in Great Britain. They are not afraid of their physical imperfections. We see wrinkles, the ugly...