Books

  • The Evolution of Being a Badass!

    "Emotional Agility" Susan David "Walking Your Values" "Of course, determining what you truly care about is only half the process of walking your why.  Once you've identified your values, you then have to take them out for a spin.  This… Continue reading

  • Movie of You

    More from "Emotional Agility" by Susan David "Identifying Your Values" "The word "values" can have a scolding, Sunday-school connotation that's pretty unappealing.  It feels restrictive, or punishing, or, worse, judgmental. We hear a lot about having the "right" values (or… Continue reading

  • Emotionally Agile

    My first introduction to Susan David was here.  I know she is right and in my experience, emotional agility is the key to a life of peace, love and joy; which includes, heartache, sorrow and grief! I then went and… Continue reading

  • To Be

        I loved this conversation.   The tone and its ideas.   I too, knew it.  And I could really relate to this segment about the three responses when something is crumbling or broken.  And, agree about the crumbling of… Continue reading

  • It Can!

    "Unless you can fully accept what is, joy is impossible." From the "Book of Joy" by Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama It was so fun to listen to "The Book of Joy" and hear their delight and playfulness, even… Continue reading

  • Tribal shaming

    There seems to be a disconnect in our minds about the statistics of abuse; that 95% of the crimes are with someone we know and of that percentage, 50% is with a family member.  We are not sitting with, and… Continue reading

  • A New Path to Walk

    "Will I Ever Be Good Enough?" by Karyl McBride, strikes cords of familiar experiences.  It makes the crazy making making up mind, appear normal.  We are not nuts, we responded in kind to the landscapes of our childhood. We grew… Continue reading

  • Soul Danced

    More from "Will I Ever Be Good Enough" by Karyl McBride. "Self-trust, self-love, and self-knowledge can be taught to a daughter only by a mother who possesses those qualities herself. Furthermore, to pass them on successfully, a mother needs to… Continue reading

  • “Will I Ever Be Good Enough”

    "Will I Ever Be Enough" by Dr. Karyl McBride was recommended to me.   I listened to 9 chapters on the mail route yesterday, and then bought the kindle edition, because there are many things I want to share on… Continue reading

  • I know me best.

    I was listening to "On Living" by Kerry Egan in my jeep today.   It is about a chaplain who works in Hospice.   She speaks that we all are broken or cracked. That most of us have secrets we… Continue reading