Poor Mrs. Stafford. She stood up, looked at us and yelled something like, “I’ve had it with all of you.” We had never seen our junior high teacher get rattled, and certainly she had never yelled at us (which we richly deserved). I think it was her equivalent...
Nod if you’ve ever heard someone say “It’s just how I am, I can’t help it.” What a catch phrase for anything we don’t want to put the energy and time into changing. Of course, we aren’t just the way we are with no tools to change, but it can be a handy...
It’s so easy to expect the worst, isn’t it? Whether it’s a meeting, a call, a doctor’s appointment or even a holiday, we can go back to similar situations where things didn’t go as planned, or our imaginations take over and we begin creating worst-case...
A reminder, don’t tolerate bad behavior, from yourself. The other day I was having a bad day. I was grumpy, grouchy and despite my good intentions was definitely not someone I wanted to be around. How do I get out of this funk, I thought. Is it just...
Did you get what you wanted this year for Christmas or Chanukah? My holidays were fun and filled with thoughtful gifts from friends and family. I even joined in and gave myself a few things I wanted. Life was good. And, then there was the fire. As I was...
As we have the privilege of going into a new year, let’s not forget what we are capable of, instead of remembering what we believed we couldn’t accomplish or do. Old beliefs are just a collection of ideas we’ve told ourselves again and again, and don’t have to be our...
