Ideas for a Better Life

I had a conversation recently with a woman about self-care. She brought up the analogy of putting on your oxygen mask first on an airplane before helping others with their oxygen mask. Self-care is an inherent part of balance. Without self-care, there’s no replenishing of the spirit. And without that, efforts to give back to…

In a newsletter from a fellow coach, Michael Bungay Stanier, I received these definitions of great work and good work: 1. Work that goes beyond its functional intention and moves us in deep and mysterious ways, we call great work. 2. Work that is conceived and executed with elegance and rigor, we call good work.…

I’m reading another book, "The Sound of Paper" by Julia Cameron, who is best known for the bible on creativity, "The Artist’s Way." "The Sound of Paper" is about nourishing our creative muse, especially when we have gone on vacation, left it at home, and forgotten to put out so much as a morning snack.…

I’m almost finished reading Viktor Frankl’s book, Man’s Search for Meaning. Here’ s a quote from the book I want to share: "Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he…