When I went down to ride my exercise bicycle last night, I saw a magazine on the floor open to an article titled Coaching the Grief-Stricken. Since I’m a professional coach, I thought, Hmm, sounds interesting. When I leaned over to pick it up, I found it was in my son’s Sports [...]
I’ve been involved in a discussion on Positive Psychology News Daily in response to the challenge “How can we use Positive Psychology to improve the lives of the veterans living with never-before-seen levels of debilitation?” (Jordan Silberman, Let’s put our heads together and subsequent comments.)
It’s an interesting question to ponder. It makes [...]
In Energize Your Workplace, Jane Dutton writes about the importance of high-quality connections at work — where connections are the social exchanges that make up the day, from passing in the hall to greeting on the telephone to responding in a meeting. Every exchange can be energizing … or corrosive to the [...]
Staying out here with my mother has made me sharply aware of two great gifts she has given to her children in the last 10 years:
She gave up her driver’s license voluntarily. It was relatively easy for her because she lives in a city with great public transportation and the cost of housing [...]
Martin Seligman describes Meaning as the third pathway to happiness, where meaning comes from pursuing goals and purpose beyond oneself. He also claims that — unlike the pleasant life — the meaningful life has no set range, and thus is not limited by an individual’s inherent ability to feel good, an ability that varies [...]
It’s been a whole week since I last posted, and a very full week. I traveled out to Seattle to be with my mother for her cancer surgery. I didn’t know what to expect, but she has bounced back like a true healer. She sometimes talks about being in the 80’s is if it is [...]
Yesterday I attended the memorial service for Thomas, a young man who had coped with Friedrich’s ataxia, a progress neurological disorder that gave him a heart attack and stroke at the age of 22. Many people spoke about what made him extraordinary — his sardonic sense of humor, his artistic talents and staunch [...]
A friend asked me, “Who is the intended audience for your blog?”
Always a good question for any form of communication.
I picture myself holding this gift of things I learned during the MAPP program, a gift that I can’t just keep to myself. I can give it away in little exchanges with people I encounter. I [...]
