Gratefulness and Gratitude
Last week, I blogged about the small things in life that give us pleasure--pomegranates, lost objects found, sunrises. I think of this as having gratitude. When I think of gratefulness, I think of the big stuff--freedom, family, health. I was...
More Toilet Stories
I'm amazed at how quickly the week goes by. It seems like I just blogged and I see it's been nearly a week since I posted anything. In a recent Wall Street Journal, I spied this headline: "The Battle Over...
Pomegranates, Black Pants, and Sunrises
I've been delighted with small surprises in the last few days. Over the weekend, I was sitting next to a woman at a karate tournament who was eating pomegranate seeds. "Is that a pomegranate?" I was curious as I had...
Smile Test
Another fun exercise from A Whole New Mind book: To test your ability to read people, take a look at the following url: www.tinyurl.com/2u7sh It's the BBC's ten minute, 20-question test, based on solid research, to see how good you...
A Whole New Mind
It takes a pretty good book to keep my interest until the last page. I've started countless books only to put them down after 50 or 100 pages. Fortunately, A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink is not one of...
Laughter Yoga
I'm reading a wonderful book, A Whole New Mind, by Daniel Pink. More on the book later but I wanted to tell you about an intriguing concept that's discussed in the book-laughter clubs as a way of boosting our joyfulness...
Are You The Product of Life Coaching?
A prospective coaching client asked me this provocative question. It spoke to walking the talk, eating my own dog food, and living the results of what I believe in. I have paid for formal coaching. I've swapped coaching with colleagues...
Lowering Expectations, Outsourcing, and Perspective
I had an extraordinary experience recently. I hosted a relaxing Thanksgiving dinner for my family. Yes, relaxing. And no, we didn't have it catered or eat out at a restaurant. It was a home-cooked meal (mostly). My husband and I...