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Celebrating in Silence
Do you give yourself the gift of silence at some point in your day? Or is every moment filled with external “noise” ~ words, email notifications, television, music? If “…music occurs in the silence between the notes,” how can you create pauses so your life may unfold in between the busy moments of your days?
Chaos to Calm
3 Tips for Finding Peace of Mind in Tumultuous Times As a trained, experienced coach who helps clients navigate some of life’s greatest challenges with more peace and ease, it makes sense that I’d be getting inquiries about how to stay present in times of turmoil. We...
Helping Others – The Easy Way
It’s not always easy to ask for help and it’s not always easy to know the best way to give it. When a crisis hits, there tends to be a deluge of caring and shows of support. Often, in that immediate moment, we don’t know what we need and those offering don’t know what...
Grief’s Message – Oh, the Irony
"If you don't play, you will not win," Gary Grief, Executive Director of the Texas Powerball Lottery, advised in a recent interview. Grief (yes, that is really his last name) was, of course, referring to the still growing Jackpot. Like anything in life, when done in a...
Leave Room for the Magic
Over the course of my years with iPEC, I’ve heard many life changing and profound perspectives and insights from our founder, Bruce D Schneider. But there is one that stands out as December comes to a close and so many people begin to think about the year ahead....
The Invisibles
While caregivers are estimated to provide $470 billion of care annually to loved ones, we are, what I call ‘the invisibles’ within the healthcare system.
Life Happens…3 Tips to Get Back on Track
Ohhh….I’ve missed you all! I promise that I’ve been using my time wisely and making amazing headway on some very important projects. It’s wonderful, but my personal blogging has suffered. In fact, over the past five months I have let the following slide: my Well...
Physician, do no harm ~ even in retirement
More than five years after entrusting my breast physician with my health, he retired leaving all of his patients behind. Normally, one’s retirement should be worth celebrating. But at his order when he left, there was no advance notification, no informative letter...
Split Decisions
If you don’t make choices in life, what do you get?
Hearing vs. Listening
How is it that you participate in conversations? Do you just hear people or do you truly listen? Yes, there is a distinction. Just because you hear words come out of someone's mouth doesn't mean you are listening. There are times when we are distracted or have our own...