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What is Your Healthy Space?
I’m enjoying green tea infused with pomegranate this morning in my very cool new YETI tumbler. I enjoy this satellite office of mine at Panera. I can sit outside in fresh air, get free Internet and not bother anyone when I come or go. This is “healthy space.” What do you do to create healthy…
Read MoreCommunication 101: Emotionally Intelligent Communication Strategies and Tactics to Save Time, Money and Energy
“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” ~John Wooden Shifting into a more emotionally intelligent communication style may seem like it’ll take more time, but in reality it will save time (hence the above quote). Misunderstandings, misinterpretations and faulty assumptions lead to ineffective and…
Read MoreDon’t Blame the Wind: Taking Response-Ability in Life
When I was in my early teens I was a bit of an athlete. Other than one very infamous year of Little League, it was mostly just playing football, baseball and basketball with the neighborhood kids. I was never very big or fast, but my mom said I was “graceful” and I guess that meant…
Read MoreThe “Other” A.D.D.: Addiction, Depression and Divorce and an Emotionally Intelligent Curriculum for Prevention, Expression and Connection
Addiction, depression and divorce…oh my! Like the unknown yellow brick road into the Land of Oz, confronting these three maladies can be very scary. And, from the statistics you’re about to see, apparently not important enough for us to put more resources into the prevention thereof. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse: The…
Read MoreHealthy Relationships: Who’s on First? What’s on Second?
Who’s on First? What’s on Second? Navigating In, Through and Around the Independence, Codependence and Interdependence of Loving Relationships Remember that old Abbott and Costello skit where the two of them go back and forth and round and round trying to have a clear conversation about “Who’s on first,”etc.? If you do, then surely your…
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