Blog on Wellness Pearls | Eillen T. O'Grady

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...

Self-Compassion, Wellbeing, Wellness

Edgy Tools to Combat Weariness and Worry

02 Nov 2020

Eileen O'Grady

All the good stuff is on the other side of tired. Andre Agassi It is a messy moment we are in with competing pandemics colliding...

Wellness

Fortify the Leaky Boat

13 Oct 2020

Eileen O'Grady

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...

Self Care, Wellbeing, Wellness

Are you ZOOMED Out? Video Meeting Fatigue is Real

16 Sep 2020

Eileen O'Grady

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...

Saying NO, Self Care, Wellbeing

Consolations

05 Aug 2020

Eileen O'Grady

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” — Carl Jung As we slog through the...

Wellness

Brothers and Sisters and Wellbeing

09 Jul 2020

Eileen O'Grady

There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of...

Adult Growth, Gratitude, Wellness

In a Time Like This

01 Jun 2020

Eileen O'Grady

….what else matters besides being kind to ourselves and kind to others? As we mourn the violent murder of George Floyd and so many other...

Mindfullness, Self-Compassion, Wellness

Pandemic Agility

04 May 2020

Eileen O'Grady

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