The middle of the week — Wednesday
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
It is not what anyone ever talks about — Wednesday. Friday gets a whole lot of attention, there is even an acronym for the excitement it generates — TGIF — thank God its Friday! There is even a national restaurant chain named such. We go there to celebrate the end of the week and the
When stress invades your life
Tuesday, 05 November 2013
It is very difficult to function normally when you have an experience of overwhelming stress enter your world. The stress of a loved one being terminally ill, the actual loss of that loved one, caustic interactions with people in your life — the list is whatever you have that comes to mind that causes you
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The keywords of my work
Monday, 28 October 2013
When you enter the Information Super Highway AKA the Internet, the Web, you need to learn the language. When I first came to the web more than 3 decades ago, it was a mysterious landscape that seemed like a sticky place here spiders would reside. Indeed it is and has evolved to stick to us
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Inner strength and gossip
Friday, 25 October 2013
I’ve never suffered much from negative gossip of people. I recently however, as an adult, found out just how bullies are created — through their parents. Although I have written and taught the programs to clients for combating bullies, it somehow didn’t hit me in the face until these past few weeks. Stunning set of
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The best of life
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Talking with one of my orchestra musicians this evening, we shared the story of a talented young musical genius here in St Louis who died suddenly yesterday. Andrew Thomas played the bassoon and contrabassoon for the St Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO). He was 27 years old. Known as Drew, he was said to be just
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Life balance vs out of whack
Tuesday, 08 October 2013
This is a time frame within which I am examining, yet again, my life and balance and work and value. This is good healthy exercise but that doesn’t mean its fun or particularly easy. It is however, full of rewards. As I look at my own life, I find many reasons to be critical. When
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When pain strikes
Sunday, 06 October 2013
This week is the theme of life balance. Oh man, I am right in the middle of it — a little bent in the direction of out of whack on work and not quite genteel enough with my own self in my personal world. I need to take care — the message has been delivered
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What we share among us
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Sometimes, as I am writing and posting, I am so eager to share the positive spin and the productive pathway that I miss the opportunity. The opportunity is the one where I share that my life has not been easy or without challenge. This came to mind when I sat talking with two young woman
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Being reminded
Friday, 27 September 2013
Every single day, we have the opportunity, as we open our eyes and realize that we are alive and breathing on our own, able to see, to hear, to feel, to smell, and to move, that we are indeed the recipients of another gift of a day in life. If you read this and feel
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