Salvaging
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new” —Socrates Change is often feared and resisted, but it shakes us out of our ruts. It challenges us to adapt, to be stronger in
Self-awareness
It IS okay
"Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.” —Bill Watterson, cartoonist and creator of Calvin and Hobbes We often think in terms of the future even during the best of times,
Uncertainty
“Adversity introduces men and women to themselves.” —Albert Einstein Uncertainty is synonymous with anxiety. Fear of the unknown is one of the greatest sources of anxiety. We can drive ourselves crazy trying to account and plan for all the possibilities, yet it is impossible to work with unknowns
“No” means “Yes”
We get beat down and overwhelmed by life and all the things we “need” to do. We often do a horrible job not doing and being to everything and everyone. We forget there are consequences to a life without boundaries. In a word, that means
Just a few words
“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to
Vulnerability
"The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.”— Will Durant This isn’t an easy 3-step idea. This is more about considering a side of yourself and others that you maybe haven’t considered before. Here’s