Ride the Wave: Costa Rican Surfers and Wellbeing
Right now, the growth edge I’m working on is learning to become less reactive to everything: unplanned events, weather, traffic, difficult people, politics, taxes, insects,... Read More
Acceptance
The best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain. ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Parent the Child you Have” is a slogan... Read More
The Three A’s to Dealing with the Holidays: COVID Edition
Despite the good cheer that they bring, holidays can and do often dial up stress. As we move through a holiday season unlike any we... Read More
One Nation Under Stress
Well-being is realized by small steps but is truly no small thing. – Zeno Founder of Stoic Philosophy (334 BC-262 BC) I’ve been taking... Read More
Fortify the Leaky Boat
A fresh look at Abraham Maslow’s ‘hierarchy of needs’ offers wise guidance in these tumultuous times. It turns out that the pyramid of needs(below) was only... Read More
Are you ZOOMED Out? Video Meeting Fatigue is Real
Take a rest. A field that is rested gives a beautiful crop OVID For these past few months, I’ve heard many complaints about how draining... Read More
Steer Your Mind
Our Life is What our Thoughts Make It Marcus Aurelius, 121AD- 180AD I recently began practicing stoicism—not to become an emotionless person, but to... Read More
Who are the 5 People you Spend the Most Time With?
Friendship is one of life’s most important healthy pleasures, and one too often taken for granted. A Harvard study found that having no friends (or... Read More
How do you act when HURRIED?
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion. Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish philosopher 1850-1894 An interesting study at the Princeton Theological Seminary tells a troubling story about... Read More