Archive for October 2022

How often do we find ourselves using the phrase “I’m sorry” when what we really mean is “thank you”? For me, I catch myself almost daily. But with this awareness comes opportunity. I’m sorry I’m late. Becomes, thank you so much for waiting. I’m sorry, you didn’t have to do the dishes. Becomes simply, thank you…

Inspired moments often come seemingly from nowhere.  This morning, suddenly, as I sat thinking about this week’s message, into my head pops a quote from the now over 20 year old movie Shrek. Shrek: Ogres are like onions.Donkey: They stink?Shrek: Yes. No.Donkey: Oh, they make you cry.Shrek: No.Donkey: Oh, you leave em out in the sun,…

A journey without a timeline or defined destination. This is the nature of all grief. We ask ourselves and those around us… “When will it get better? When will it feel different?” The most common answer we hear is, “with time”. But I’m here to say, from my experiences, the real answer to those questions is NEVER.  The loss we…

With every moment of every day we make a choice.  A choice to be here.   I challenge you all to make a conscious note of every choice (no matter how big or small) you make today. Make note of the external and internal, the tangible and intangible choices.  What to wear, what to eat…. how to…

The most challenging relationship we all have is NOT the one with our parents, our children, our spouse or significant other.  It’s not the one with our friends, roommates, colleagues, or clients.  The hardest relationship we have is the one with ourselves.  This relationship is then reflected back to us in ALL the others.  Brene…

Seemingly, we operate in a world that consistently discredits what most of us refer to as “our gut feelings” as being invalid without tangible fact based evidence. Even Webster and Google’s definitions of intuition state that intuition is a knowingness that is “without evident rational thought and inference” and “without conscious reasoning”.  This has led to a severe…