I was recently listening to an episode of Brendon Burchard’s podcast in which he was talking talking about reducing stress and increasing self confidence. In it he talked about the importance of celebrating our achievements, which I think is something that has gone by the wayside for a lot of people in the past year. READ MORE
Category: Compassion
How Do We Find Balance in the Hard Things?
I’ve written before about finding balance in life. We hear it a lot. We need to try to find balance between work and the rest of our life, between taking care off ourself and those and us, between eating without guilt and not giving yourself a heart attack. These are often hard enough to find READ MORE
How Can I Have Self-Compassion When the World Is a Mess?
Last Friday I had plans with my wife and our daughter to go golfing for the first time in 2021. I was looking forward to this a lot. My daughter and I spent part of the morning getting our bags ready for the late afternoon outing and then went outside to throw a football around. READ MORE
What Does Your ‘Authentic’ Self Look Like?
I’ve written a few posts about being your authentic self, being you instead of trying to be someone else, and having the courage to do this. In the past couple of weeks I came across content from Seth Godin and Adam Grant related to this. In a podcast in April of 2020, Grant spoke about READ MORE
Giving Back Makes Us Better
I mentioned in one of my posts last week that I was reading Brandt Myhres new memoir Pain Killer in preparation for interviewing him for an upcoming episode of the podcast. Late in the book, Myhres says comments on the importance of giving back when you’ve received a lot of support from others. He said: READ MORE
We Have to Stop Sabotaging Ourselves
Next month I’ll be interviewing former NHL tough guy Brandt Myhres so I’m currently reading his upcoming memoir Pain Killer: A Memoir of Big League Addiction. After numerous failed drug tests and suspensions from the league over a few season, Myhres got himself banned from playing in the NHL. Last night I was reading a READ MORE
Setting Goals With Self-Compassion
I think I’ve mentioned that my wife often listens to podcasts to help her fall asleep. I often hear more of those episodes than she does, some time several times as she listens to them for a few nights as if she’s going to hear more of them. Anyway, recently, while reading my book or READ MORE
You Can’t Be Your Best You If You Can’t Be You
I’ve written before about being authentic. Being honest with yourself and others about who you are is important if you’re going to be able to show up as your best self, and to be able to do it with joy. If you have to pretend to be somebody else to fit in with friends or READ MORE
Traditions
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. We’ll light the first of the candles and say the blessings, including one called The Shehecheyanu, which expresses thanks for letting us reach this season. This is a tradition in our home. Our daughter is currently preparing for her Bat Mitzvah. It’s tentatively scheduled for next summer, but READ MORE
Something Good Needs to Come From This
About two years ago I sat in my supervisor’s office, speaking with her just after we’d gotten off a call with one of the many case managers from a third party organization who got to make decisions about how much I should work while struggling with depression. Those calls were always frustrating, as were the READ MORE
