Are You Stuck on One Horizon?

I am sure you all join with me in wishing our friends in the U.S. safe passage through superstorm Sandy and recovery. For those facing power outages, flooding, or loss, our thoughts are with you. Anyone who has been in a crisis knows how the world can suddenly be...

Is Your Next Conversation a Growth Opportunity?

I, me, mine… Have you ever used the mechanical click-counters you can hold in your hand to count a number of item or repetitions? Now, a cell phone app can do the same. If you were to use a click-counter to track of how many times a day you said, “I,” what would you...

Silver Lining – or Burlap? How to Embrace What Is

Finding the silver lining, making lemonade out of lemons, seeing the glass as half full – ideas like these can help reframe a “bad” situation in a positive way. Optimistic people do this naturally, and pessimists can learn to. Helpful as this seems, are we missing out...

Our Solutions Are often Our Problems

Wherever you are on life’s journey, you’re bound to hit some rough patches on the road. As a physician, I constantly see people grasping for solutions. They try to solve their problems in many ways, including changing their lives, acquiring things, throwing...

Happiness in the Face of Hardship

Most of us know someone who has endured a serious hardship – perhaps an illness like breast cancer – yet who has remained grounded in grace and happiness. How can this be? Recognizing our shared humanity, we learn to open our hearts to others. Happiness...

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