He has a brain tumor!!! My first thought as I examined the lump behind his left ear. “Did you bump into anything? Hit your head on a cabinet door? Is it tender?” I peppered him with questions, trying to identify a logical explanation for the bulge. My husband had been experiencing sharp intermittent pains in his left ear for a …
What is self-awareness really?
“Why is change so hard?!” This plaintive statement I’ve heard from clients (and muttered myself once or twice with added emphasis). Change is difficult because of two very important “laws” of nature. One from the world of physics and another from neuroscience. If you don’t remember Newton’s first law of motion, it’s okay. To paraphrase Newton, an object endeavors to …
Most of us are oblivious to our repetitive thoughts until we experience the consequences of our actions.
We spend our days, walking on the beach, lazing about, reading, watching and listening to the ocean, snorkeling, and relaxing. Our one and only goal is to completely relax and enjoy our time together. One morning we take a new direction on our walk. We strolled past ancient fishing ponds and through an area filled with washed up pieces of …
Sitting side by side, breathing re-cycled air, traveling at 35,000 feet, we are beginning to nod off. We got up at 2:30 that morning to catch a dawn-o’clock flight. The noise cancelling earphones are dulling the sound of the engines. The video I selected for us has begun, and within minutes we both fall asleep. This is not a statement about the …
I was on a padded table, head on a pillow, a cushion beneath my knees. Soothing music played in the background, and the lights were dim. The woman with smiling eyes began by lifting my ankles and holding them gently. After a few moments she moved up to my spine, placing her hands underneath my backbone, making very subtle movements. …
Have you ever thought about how many people search for happiness or question if they will “ever be happy (again)?” Searching for happiness is like searching for the Holy Grail. No doubt you remember the legend of the Holy Grail. Thought to be the source of mystical power, the symbol of the Grail as an object of search began in …
I’ve been thinking a lot about self-esteem, how it drives our behavior, affects our relationships, business success, and ultimately our happiness and sense of ease. Another way to think about self-esteem is how we value ourselves. How we think about ourselves can be global (all encompassing) or situational (I feel good about my work life and how I’m viewed, but …
It was Baron Dahlberg-Acton (English historian, politician, and writer) who first coined the phrase,“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” I’ve been wondering about the nature of power lately. No, I didn’t go back and re-read Machiavelli’s treatise on power, nor did I review Sun Tzu’s Art of War. But I’ve been curious about what I’m observing in …
