We all like to think of ourselves as the “good ones.”Kind-hearted. Well-intentioned. Fair. Reasonable. Doing the best we can. And most of the time, that’s true.But there’s another truth we don’t always like to examine: we all have blind spots about ourselves. Those behaviors, motivations, or attitudes that we simply cannot see clearly because we’reContinue reading “How Do You See Yourself?”
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How One Minute a Day Grounds My Week
There are seasons in life where the big things feel overwhelming — big goals, big transitions, big responsibilities. But lately, I’ve been realizing something simple: it’s not the big things that hold me together. It’s the small ones. The little rhythms.The few seconds of intention.The tiny pauses where I check back in with myself andContinue reading “How One Minute a Day Grounds My Week”
Finding My Center Again: What Losing Taught Me About Emotional Agility
Eighteen months ago, I went through something that knocked me off balance in a way I didn’t expect. After twenty years of serving my community — building projects, strengthening neighborhoods, bringing new ideas to life — I ran for re-election as Mayor of New Martinsville. I poured my heart, experience, and vision into that race.Continue reading “Finding My Center Again: What Losing Taught Me About Emotional Agility”
Skeletons in Your Closet
What’s YOUR Tag Say?
I am a registered democrat. And having read that, have you formulated an idea of who I am, what I believe, and how I behave? What if I had said I am a registered republican? Would your idea of who I am, what I believe, and how I behave be different? We want the worldContinue reading “What’s YOUR Tag Say?”
Self-Talk Matters
Remember the peanuts character with the dust bowl swirling around him? That’s how your brain is – lots of thoughts just swirling around with no place to go. According to Queen’s University in Canada, it is about 6,000 per day or 6.5 per minute. So,about every 10 seconds your brain is coming up with anotherContinue reading “Self-Talk Matters”
DEI To Be or Not to Be
DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSIVITY It’s only three words. Diversity – it just means a variety. As the saying goes, variety is the spice of life. How boring would life be if we were not diverse: diverse in our attitudes, diverse in our vocations, diverse in our sex! Equity – a quality of fairness. Unfortunately, life isContinue reading “DEI To Be or Not to Be”
Just Begin
Are you a procrastinator? I used to be, and sometimes I can feel the procrastination beginning to take over once again. Now, though, I understand that what I have always blamed on procrastination might be something called decision fatigue. How many decisions do you make in a day? It’s estimated that the average adult personContinue reading “Just Begin”
Your Granddaughter Is Selling Pornographic Cookies
Yep, that’s what I said to my husband. Our granddaughter has a sweet little cookie business and it was about a month from Valentine’s Day when I saw her advertisement on social media. It had to be a typo – maybe she meant to say peonies. There were several options for cookie packages, one ofContinue reading “Your Granddaughter Is Selling Pornographic Cookies”
Can You Hear Me Now?
Don’t you think that most people just want to be heard? I mean really heard and understood? We put so much burden on one another by adding a significance we envision to the words that someone else has spoken. Let’s look at an example. A coworker comes up to you and says, “I heard whatContinue reading “Can You Hear Me Now?”
Eclectic Soup 