For the most part, 2020 has not been kind to us. We’ve seen the souls of our friends laid bare by the rolling crises of a global pandemic, floods, fires, unemployment, earthquakes and more. It’s not been a pretty sight, and with quarantine taking away all the things that previously…

This is the time of year where many of us feel compelled to make resolutions about how we are going to live our lives differently next year. It usually revolves around starting (or stopping) some very specific behavior. I’d like to share with you a technique I have used for…

These election conspiracy theories are the 2020 equivalent of the Salem Witch Hunt. “Oh, the dog died?” “Yes, it ate some hemlock in the woods.” “NOoooOOoo… the dog died because…… YOU ARE A WITCH!” “No, really — it ate some hemlock. Here’s a leaf in its mouth.”. NOooOooooo… YOU ARE…

Part of keeping our emotional intelligence high (vs. the panicky LOW ‘emo IQ’ we’re seeing) is to focus on the positive/helpful things we CAN do. Below is a ‘short’ list; feel free to add on your ideas. 1. BREATHE. Literally, our IQ’s can drop up to 30 points when our…

I’ve seen a lot of conversations over the past few years about how people who are ‘easily offended’ should just ‘suck it up’ or ‘get over it’. Labels like ‘snowflake’, ‘thin-skinned’ and ‘overly sensitive’ get bandied about. In essence, those people who want to share rude, insensitive and offensive material…

In the aftermath of this week’s Supreme Court Hearings, I wanted to share a few observations. I deliberately didn’t watch them because I was performing a type of ‘social experiment’ to see what my friends would say about what they observed. Interestingly enough (and shockingly so), my friends landed on…

I am SO sick of hearing this phrase. Look, I understand its origins, and — in all reality — it’s a great way to acknowledge those things that are well and truly out of our hands or are part of the universal scheme of things. AND YET — I mentally…

On this beautiful Saturday morning alone, I have seen more than 50 negative posts on social media with memes and links to ugly stories about ‘the state of our country’, and — unless I’ve missed them — ZERO posts about what to do about these things that are happening. I…

Years ago there was a fabulous book written called “QBQ! The Question Behind the Question” in which the author, John G. Miller, reviewed how our personal accountability could be improved by asking the right questions. Instead of asking ‘blaming’ questions, our focus is more powerfully shifted to asking ‘solving’ questions…