I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
This might sound a bit cheesy and too optimistic. However, I’ve been thinking about the “healing” concept with some frequency. We are currently re-assembling ourselves. Looking for growth spiritually and emotionally. As we heal ourselves, we are also healing others around us. This is where I might sound […]
“An upcoming vacation gives us something to eagerly anticipate.” -Jaime Kurtz This past weekend, I finally got my act together. I sat down and started planning vacations. Yes, multiple ones. I have use or lose days and I am of the firm belief that those earned vacation days […]
I am a fairly adaptable person. From a young age, I have lived independently. As part of that independence, I’ve become quite strong and at times stubborn. That makes sense. I’ve also lived in 22 cities and, as such, I had to learn to be adaptable so I […]
Even if the day is hot or foggy, you should wake up with a clear mission. That mission should be to gift someone something today. A gift can consist of a compliment, a smile, a bag of chips or access to a new resource. There’s much you can […]
Today is the Fourth of July. In the United States, weather permitting, we have grand fireworks celebrations to mark our grand day of freedom. The 4th or Independence Day is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States, on July […]
She had packed eveything up into the van. Well, not everything. Just what could fit and somewhat mattered. She only brought what she could connect to. Or so she hoped. She wanted to move on with what was just necessary. Yet, her insecurities seemed to spill out into […]
“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.” A little bit of fear is not a bad thing. I believe. However, paralysis by fear can be all-consuming. As we think about freedom, we must consider it at not only at the societal level but also […]
There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. — Rumsfeld Day after day and hour after hour – particularly during covid- meetings came at a nonstop clip. […]
Times have changed. Times continue to change. Where it all ends up, who knows. Society is being reshaped. It’s undergoing a metamorphosis. We are awakening from a moment of stasis. People want to continue this change or so it seems for many. The workplace changed completely this past […]
Times are changing. Noise is everywhere. We are living through a cacophony of worried and helpful voices. We now are hungry for meaningful change. The workplace is now remote. The workplace has divided people into categories of “essentialness”. As such people as a workforce are changing their perspective […]
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