Imagine. You are lost in the dense woods, you have no real idea where you are on the map, you’ve been going in circles for hours, it’s raining, and it’s starting to get dark. What is the most helpful thought you can have in such a situation? “This isn’t permanent”. Times of suffering, stress and

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This is Agron, the no-eyed dog.  We met one evening in the middle of the road a few miles from my house.  I pulled over to encourage him to safety when through the dusk I saw that he had no eyes.  No. Eyes. Yet, as I soon found out, he had amazing sight. I could

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I love brownies. The homemade kind with a moderate layer of rich chocolate frosting smeared on top. A friend of mine makes an amazing chocolate/peanut butter frosted brownie that seriously makes you weak in the knees. Oh. My. Word. They are so good that thoughts of eating half the pan myself seem entirely reasonable. Part

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My son has made a conscious decision that he is going to be an astronaut. He can’t get his hands on enough new knowledge about the expanse of the universe.  Sometimes when he tells me about it, I have a hard time putting my head around how ‘deep and wide’ the universe really is.  What’s

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Resolutions, commitments, goals, or none of the above? Whether or not you commit to implement a new habit, goal, plan or otherwise, you undoubtedly have some kind of aspiration for the year ahead. Before you nail down your commitments, think about a new approach to accomplishing your goals. Here are three skills that will help

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Me: “What do you really want?” Client: “I don’t know.” Long pause.   This exchange is one of the most common conversations I have with clients when we begin our work together.   My question, of course, isn’t about what color to paint the walls.  The purpose of the question is to understand who you are

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