Building Resiliency in Our Children – Allowing for the 3 Fs
“Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.” Leo Buscaglia Part of building and rebuilding one’s life is helping one another do the same. But what does Help mean? Does it mean doing For someone or helping them attain the skills and tools so they can do for themselves. “Give a man […]
How Do You Give?
I am pleased to share with you my guest post featured today on Alex Blackwell’s inspirational blog, The Bridgemaker. “No one has ever become poor by giving.” Anne Frank I recently heard a rabbi give a sermon on Giving of oneself and doing good deeds (the Hebrew word is ‘hesed’ meaning loving kindness, acts […]
Rising Above Disabilities
I like to follow up my interviews with a powerful and important take-away idea. There are many in Michael Hingson’s interview. What a gift it is to be able to go beyond one’s disability and not let it be the identifying label. As we know, labels put us in boxes. They imprison us and keep […]
Interview with Michael Hingson
“The real story, in my mind, isn’t how I got out of the World Trade Center, it’s how I got there in the first place.” Michael Hingson I am honored to present to you Michael Hingson, a most inspirational man who lets nothing get in the way of his living life to the absolute fullest. Indeed […]
“Leave No Regrets” (John Izzo)
A new year is upon us. Time to think about and carve out some new endeavors and adventures we want for this year; some goals and dreams to go for. New things involve – you guessed it – Risk-taking. “And the day came when the wish to remain tight in a bud was more painful […]
“It Is What It Is….But it will become what you make it”
Lately I’ve been thinking how it seems to take a lot of work to live well. But what’s the alternative – cruise along life on auto-pilot and not really be too aware and conscious of what and how we’re doing. But this working to improve ourselves, to grow, keep up the positive attitude, strive, push […]
Self-Care and Giving this Holiday Season
Last week I was invited to do a coaching session with a support group for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). My topic was dealing with the holiday season. When I asked my introductory question, “What does this time of year bring up for you”? the typical answers were shared aloud – celebrating, partying, giving, […]
We Must Bear the Torch of Goodness for All
I thought it might be apropos to follow up my most recent interview of Judy Shepard with photos and comments from my visit and tour of Theresienstadt, a site of another horrific hate crime of huge proportion known as the Holocaust. This ‘model’ ghetto, as it was known during World War II, is in the […]
Interview with Judy Shepard
“We are trying to do what we think Matt would want us to do with this opportunity of having a voice. He’s with me every day when I do this. I know it or I couldn’t do this because I’m a shy, private person.” Judy Shepard I’m back from vacation and eager to present […]
It’s Travel Time And It’s O.K. To Feel Both Excited and Sad
I will be away for the next 2 weeks; I will therefore not be writing new posts. I want to put out a post-Thanksgiving “what am I thankful for” – I’m grateful for my growing readership, my growing subscribers and my growing connections in the blogging world. Thank you to all. I’m loving this blogging […]