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We all want to be validated. It is essential to a healthy life. Yet it has a shadow side we need to understand. What is validation and how can it lead to a flawed view of reality? For starters… We are born with an innate desire for validation. Babies’ emotions, in part, are drawn from the caregivers around them. But as a child grows there...Read More

One of the greatest gifts you can give to others is the gift of humor.  Yet using humor to lift other’s spirits is a little more complicated than at first glance.  The most effective humor comes from knowing who you are, being who you are, accepting who you are, and appreciating who you are. What does this have to do with humor? Humor communicates self-acceptance,...Read More

Your brain has the ability to reorganize itself by forming new neuro connections throughout your entire life. This is called neuroplasticity, which has become a popular term. Your brain is like a supercomputer. It has more connections than there are stars in the universe. Picture your brain as the hardware. The operating system would be all the neurons in your brain. The software are the...Read More

You have a meeting scheduled for 60 minutes, but you only have 45 minutes of material. So do you quit after 45 minutes? 19 times out of 20 the meeting will go 60 minutes. 45 minutes worth of content will somehow end up being a 60 minute meeting. Why does it work this way? It’s a simple law of physics. Thanks to Boyle and Bernoulli,...Read More

Picture the scene. I’m standing in line at the Atlanta Airport in the midst of a mob of folks whose flights had been cancelled due to inclement weather. For anyone who travels, this is the ultimate frustration. As the ticket agents attempted to calm down the edgy travelers you could feel an emotional force field building that resembled the storm outside.   Everyone was agitated, but...Read More

“No one drowns by falling into the water. They drown by staying there.” “Somebody help me! I’m stuck!” Life has a way of pushing us over if we let it. So here you are – treading water – again! You can feel the mud sucking up through your toes, making the next step difficult. You feel a disorientation and a lack of equilibrium as you...Read More