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Many of us have experienced loss, grief, guilt, overwhelm, distress, and confusion in recent weeks. No two people are in the same situation and our...

Adult Growth, Wellness

Getting Friendly with the Unknown

31 Mar 2020

Eileen O'Grady

The enormity of this global moment hits when we learn that in Jerusalem, the church of the Holy Sepulchre (above) had to close its doors...

Mindfullness, Pain and Loss, Self-leadership, Wellness

Steer Your Mind

06 Mar 2020

Eileen O'Grady

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...

Mindfullness, Self-Compassion, Stoicism, Wellbeing, Wellness

No Winter Lasts Forever, No Spring Skips its Turn

12 Feb 2020

Eileen O'Grady

I have to let winter be winter. I recently learned that my cousin ended his own life. This brought on a wide range of difficult...

Being Lost, Pain and Loss

3 Ways New Year’s Promises Take a Nose-dive

03 Jan 2020

Eileen O'Grady

1. The Pile-On Is Too Hard: What we know about habit formation science is we can be most successful if we isolate one thing at...

Keeping Promises to Yourself

Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice

22 Nov 2019

Eileen O'Grady

For many people, holidays bring up a wide range of old and new emotional pain. One client of mine is spending time with a relative...

Adult Growth, Goals, Gratitude, Managing difficult people, Wellness

How to Stay out of the Halloween Candy

17 Oct 2019

Eileen O'Grady

“What you seem to be, be really. ― Ben Franklin, 1744 1. Buy candy you hate. 2. Place all consumed wrappers in a glass bowl...

Wellness

Creeping Normalcy

10 Jul 2019

Eileen 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

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Pandemic Agility

Getting Friendly with the Unknown

Steer Your Mind

No Winter Lasts Forever, No Spring Skips its Turn

3 Ways New Year’s Promises Take a Nose-dive

Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice

How to Stay out of the Halloween Candy

Creeping Normalcy

How to Age: Lifespan vs. Healthspan

The Responsibility without Authority Trap

How do you act when HURRIED?

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