Blog on Wellness Pearls | Eillen T. O'Grady

One day you finally knew what you had to do… and began. -Mary Oliver The metaphor of a frog* dropped in boiling water will jump...

Changing Behavior, Self Care, Self-Compassion, Self-leadership, Wellness

How to Age: Lifespan vs. Healthspan

02 Jun 2019

Eileen O'Grady

As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it. Author Margaret Deland (1857 –1945) There are many ways to age well....

aging, Wellness

The Responsibility without Authority Trap

23 Apr 2019

Eileen O'Grady

When my sister was in the throes of addiction, I did everything I could to try to fix her, make her different. No matter what...

Adult Growth, DIfficult others, Goals, Saying NO, Self Care, Self-Compassion, Self-leadership

How do you act when HURRIED?

20 Feb 2019

Eileen O'Grady

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...

Mindfullness, Self-Compassion, Self-leadership, Wellbeing, Wellness

My Father’s Toy Store Created a Pile of Unchecked Expectations

10 Dec 2018

Eileen O'Grady

When I was growing up, I was one of six kids and my father owned a toy store in Hackensack, New Jersey. What I learned...

Clearing Clutter, Mindfullness, Saying NO, Self-Compassion, Self-leadership, Wellbeing, Wellness

Name what is Bothering You

06 Nov 2018

Eileen O'Grady

One Person’s Experience with Integrity Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life. –Shell Silverstein A colleague of...

Being Lost, Harvest the Learning, Moral Distress, Saying NO, Self Care, Self-Compassion, Self-leadership, Wellness

Protect Yourself: Avoid Matching

28 Aug 2018

Eileen O'Grady

“We don’t absorb the energy of others, we match it. Wayne Dyer I’ve written about emotional vampires before: those people around us that...

Managing difficult people, Mindfullness, Self-leadership, Wellbeing, Wellness

3 Ways to Climb Maslow’s Hierarchy

01 Aug 2018

Eileen O'Grady

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short. ~ Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist, 1908-1970 It is estimated...