All of My Thoughts and Articles
How to Cope with Death: 5 Suggestions
My grandmother died last week. It wasn’t tragic or surprising. She was quite old, and her health had been declining for several years. Still, though, I felt sad about her death. There’s a finality about ...
What Are Your 3 Most Important Tasks (MITs)?
Today I want to talk about a simple intervention that can help you be more productive and focused in your work. Here is the intervention: At the beginning of your day, identify your 3 most ...
In the Race of Life, Be The Tortoise
I recently re-read the tale of the tortoise and the hare, and it made a big impact on me. You probably know the story, but just in case you haven’t read it recently, let me ...
Are You Curious or Confused about the New Pronouns?
Depending on your community and environment, you might have heard someone introduce themselves, and then say something like, “My pronouns are [he/his/him, she/her, they/their, etc.]” If you’re not used to this, it might have struck ...
Why Problems are a Good Thing
Most of the time, we think of problems in our lives as a bad thing. We want to remove or get rid of our problems. I think this is a natural tendency—problems can cause pain, ...
5 Strategies to Accept Negative Things in Your Life
In my life lately, I’ve been working on acceptance. In the past, I’ve resisted acceptance. Acceptance seemed weak, like I was okay with failure or not being the best I could be. But as I ...
Self-Care: What is It? How Do We Do It?
If you take a look at the self-help or psychology section at your local bookstore (or on Amazon), you will find a lot of books on self-care. As psychologists, we talk a lot about self-care ...
8 Steps to Apply the Apple a Day Principle to Your Life
When you are trying to make a change in your life, the key is to engage in consistent effort for a long period of time. Most change efforts fail because people give up and quit ...
Set a Time Limit For Your Tasks
The amount of time you allot to complete a task influences the amount of time the task will take to complete. Let me tell you about an experience I had that illustrates this principle. One ...
