Overcoming and Reinventing

When Life Gives You a Do-over

There they are.. the events that sit in your past. Written in stone, unchangeable, because you can’t go back. Between then and now the years have rolled in, evermore shaping your perspective as experiences are pushed further into the rearview mirror. You’ve revisited the scenes in your mind many times and thought that if givenContinue reading “When Life Gives You a Do-over”

A Better Year in 2021

When 2020 rolled in a year ago, we literally had no idea what lay ahead was a year which would almost defy description. A year where we would lose loved ones, lose jobs and lose our ability to mingle closely with other people. In the face of difficulty, humanity has a way of showing upContinue reading “A Better Year in 2021”

My Journey to Self-Care

The fact is inevitable: bumps and bruises will come to us in this life and as we encounter them, we’ll develop coping strategies. Over time, strategies may become patterns and in the long run, patterns may emerge that hurt us more than they help us. But making this discovery; having an awareness of what aContinue reading “My Journey to Self-Care”

Looking for Meaning

Millions of Americans are in their mid-life years, but more and more I’ve come to see a common thread woven through the hearts of those of us who have come to this place: we are asking ourselves, “Does my life have purpose?” There is something about that 50th birthday rolling around (ok 40-somethings, you mayContinue reading “Looking for Meaning”

Unclear on the Concept: “You Can’t Change Others”

I grew up hearing the phrase, “You can’t change others, you can only change yourself.” While my mom used to say it and I felt it must therefore be a commonly agreed upon wisdom, I didn’t fully understand what I think now, is its meaning. Even as a child, there was a responsibility that IContinue reading “Unclear on the Concept: “You Can’t Change Others””