Silence Your Self-Critic

by | Jan 31, 2021 | ARTICLES, HUMAN IDENTITY

Silence Your Self-Critic I was in the 2nd grade and my teacher was teaching us about impromptu speaking.  She wrote questions on pieces of paper and put it in a container.  Each one of us took one of the pieces and had a few minutes to prepare our thoughts to speak in...

Henrietta Wears A Different Hat

by | Jan 10, 2020 | ARTICLES, HUMAN IDENTITY

[Always choose the best for yourself.  Make decisions that complement who you are.] “Today I shall wear my red hat.”  Henrietta runs her fingers over the brim of her fedora.  As she looks in the mirror, she places it on her head and smiles brightly. Her...

THEY JUDGE ME. THEY JUDGE ME NOT.

by | Feb 28, 2019 | ARTICLES, HUMAN IDENTITY

 Judging others is really easy to do. A person I’m quite close to recently said to me, “I feel like you’re judging me.”    I paused, quickly asked myself if there was any truth in that phrase, and, with sadness, responded, “Yes,...

YOUR INNER HANDSOME

by | Dec 30, 2018 | ARTICLES, HUMAN IDENTITY

Your Inner-Handsome [a/k/a] really really really ridiculously good looking… INNER-BEAUTY? The word “inner-beauty” doesn’t have that appeal it used to have. Like most powerful phrases, we tend to overuse them and they eventually lose their pizzazz. The beauty of...

PLEASANTLY SURPRISED

by | Oct 4, 2017 | ARTICLES, HUMAN IDENTITY

We are ever evolving and changing. The dictionary defines evolving: “to develop or achieve gradually.” How recent has it been since you found out something new about yourself? In 2015, I was invited to a Strengthsfinder seminar that the Gumpert Foundation...

Do Big Black Dogs Bite?

by | Jul 16, 2017 | ARTICLES, HUMAN IDENTITY

So if a dog bites you ONCE, will you never trust a dog again? Well, sometimes that’s exactly what happens. Let’s pretend you’re two years old and a big black dog bites you.  That’s quite scary and traumatic for a little toddler.  Without fully being aware, that little...