One of my favorite quotes of all time is the Serenity Prayer, written by Reinhold Niebuhr. “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” Identifying the difference is often the biggest part of the battle for me. At…
Mindful Speech, Using Your Words to Help and Not Harm
When we want our kids to express themselves in ways other than tantrumming or throwing peas at the dog, we say “Use your words.” But I often wonder, do adults really know how to use our words skillfully, in ways that help and don’t harm? This morning I was on a train listening to a mother…
Recovering From Nature Deficit Disorder
I often speak to parent audiences in school settings about screen addiction warning signs and prevention. On the way to the auditorium for a recent parent talk, I found myself wandering through the K-2nd grade hall of a local public school. My youngest of four children is in high school now, so it has been…
The Upside of Fear
Fear can be the thing that keeps us from living the life we want, especially in our fear-saturated world today. Fortunately, there are some great insights about fear that can help us get above its gravitational pull—like Frank did. Just the idea of talking to a woman he was interested in scared Frank, a “roll-up-your-sleeves,…
Manage Stress and Build Resilience
It’s hard to avoid stress. Work, money, current events, and the hassles of everyday life are just a few of the things that can cause stress. Long-term, or chronic, stress is linked to several health conditions like heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, and anxiety. It’s important to learn how to manage stress so…
The Importance of Being “Awe Inspired”
Our emotional state has great influence over the degree of inflammation we may suffer from. Feeling “awe inspired” has been found to be the most powerful emotion in fighting inflammation Introduction: The field of positive psychology is providing valuable insights on exactly how our emotions influence our physiology. One are of body function that is…
Four Practices to Boost Your Resiliency
Challenge, change and failure are a normal part of life. The question is, will we cope or crumble? Emerge stronger or weaker? Resilience is described as the ability to adapt well to adversity or change, and to sustain good health and energy when under constant or acute pressure (Reivich & Shatte, 2002; Ungar, 2019). It is not a…
Working With Your Inner Resistance
When we’re feeling some inner resistance to a task, we tend to put it off—check email, social media, our favorite distractions, or busywork. We all do it. We often turn it into something bad: “I suck for not being disciplined and unable to focus. I’m not strong enough.” But it’s just a part of being…
Mindfulness for Your Health
Paying attention to what’s going on right this second can be hard. We often spend more time thinking about what’s coming up in the future. Or dwelling on things in the past we can’t change. We can miss out on experiencing the present. It’s possible to train yourself to focus on the present moment. You…
Mindset Hacks for Your Entrepreneurial Journey
By Jon Michail Leadership is not just a position or a title given by an organization. It is a mindset. If the COVID-19 pandemic has been of any value, the lesson is that we need to drive our lives toward becoming as self-reliant as possible. The future is unpredictable, and the times are unprecedented, but…
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