Letting Go of Social Isolation

Letting Go of Social Isolation

Letting Go of Social Isolation Lots of people socialize less when the weather cools. We stay inside where we are snuggly warm. With the covid headlines talking about the reimplementation of mask wearing and requiring vaccines, even more people are staying away from...
Five Easy Changes To Create Connection

Five Easy Changes To Create Connection

Five Easy Changes to Create Connection By far the most common complaint I hear among people in counseling is the lack of connection. Loneliness is epidemic and nobody seems to know how to do anything about it. You see, it’s not about how many friends you have on...
How to Be Okay When You’ve Grown Apart from Your BFF

How to Be Okay When You’ve Grown Apart from Your BFF

How to Be Okay When You’ve Grown Apart from Your BFF I love my friends. I still keep in touch with many of them from as far back as elementary school. In my mind, our shared childhood is a treasure trove of stories that only we know, so it’s sacred. That...
Persistence: What I’m Learning By Letting Go

Persistence: What I’m Learning By Letting Go

Learning Persistence Eighty-nine days ago, I began a personal challenge to do 365 days of letting go. One of the things that I am learning is persistence. I’ve always done what I’ve said I am going to do. I enjoy ticking things off my to do list. But when...
How The Need to Know Is Blocking Your Growth

How The Need to Know Is Blocking Your Growth

Do You Have the “Need To Know” Itis? I call the act of blocking forward movement with too many questions the “Need to Know” Itis. Let’s take a look at this Buddhist story to see what I mean. The Poisoned Arrow A man is wounded by a...