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Does Anybody Really Care…Should You?

I thought I would try again. I set out to write notes for a possible group that identifies topics of human condition. I want to return to normal topics and themes which influence questions which are common to those who seek meaning...

What is an Experiential Learner? It is never too late to discover

in Helpful Articles January 11, 2020 0

Have you ever been speechless or only able to speak in phrases rather than whole sentences? Have you ever been without words that effectively express whatever you want to communicate or at a loss for words altogether? This happens to...

Stoicism: Lost Opportunities

in Helpful Articles December 16, 2019 0

Do you consider yourself stoic? I run into this stance far more often than I ever anticipated. My understanding of stoicism connected to bravery and heroism. Stoicism is a point of stance and conduct which holds back emotions...

Sim City

in Helpful Articles October 31, 2019 0

Years ago, there was a video game called SimCity®. The purpose of the game was to simulate the building of a city. The players act as leaders of a city with the single-mindedness of keeping their townspeople happy. When the...

Feeling Stuck?

in Helpful Articles October 9, 2019 0

Don’t focus on where you are and how you got there… It is better to focus on where you want to go and how to get there! We seem to be well versed on all our foibles, warts, and scars along with how they got there and why nothing seems to help...

Feel Like Quitting?

in Helpful Articles September 22, 2019 0

What a day. Another one of those days when the question in my head is “Why continue?” I am going to take a stab at breaking through what is happening. The question stems from: When everything presented, in a compacted way...

When Death is Near

in Helpful Articles September 9, 2019 0

There was always required reading throughout all my education. The amount of reading paralleled the level of education. Despite the required reading and along with the variety of reading that we do for pleasure or for a specific...

Celebrating Life’s Seasons

in Helpful Articles August 13, 2019 0

“Tis the season”. I learned about seasons by living in them and planning for them. Seasons are topics to complain about, yet commonly used to strike up a conversation. Seasons were attached to holidays and structures of time such as...

Healing Through the Grieving Process

in Helpful Articles July 13, 2019 0

It has been many years. So many years that if I am out in public or even with family and I mention the death of my parents, which still deeply affects me, I am cast aside. I have been told in no uncertain terms that I need to be...

Who Needs a Parent Coach?

in Helpful Articles June 28, 2019 0

Who needs a parent coach? The simplest answer is nobody. Having children is natural, so the general understanding is that becoming a parent is natural also. Historically families were built within traditions. Parenting...

How to Get to Know your Dad… It’s Never too Late.!

in Helpful Articles June 7, 2019 0

Ol’ D – This is how Dad signed his name. I knew him as “Dear Old Dad” or just “Dad”. He has a strong place-setting in my heart, but the mark he had on the world, even my world, was not too deep or too broad. Dad’s acceptance of...

Is One The Loneliest Number

in Helpful Articles May 2, 2019 0

Loneliness is quite different than being alone. Being alone is being by myself. Just because I am by myself does not necessarily mean I am lonely, because sometimes being alone DOES mean I am lonely. Frequently, we experience...