Have you ever felt like you were going out of your mind? Stressful days all piling up on you until your brain’s spinning and your head feels like it might explode? Whenever we hear the phrase “going out of your mind,” we instantly think of it in this negative sense: feeling crazy, overwhelmed or out…
If you want to truly be successful (and happy!), you need to get naked. I am not speaking here of nudity or physical nakedness (although that’s fun, too). I’m talking about emotional nakedness. The kind of closeness and honesty that happens with true vulnerability. Not just with someone close to you, but with yourself first…
“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.” There are only 4 secrets to staying young: One is being happy. Another is achieving success. You also have to laugh and find humor every day. And you’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you…
Another stage of life other than our work persona is the social aspect of our various life experiences. Now that I am in my wise elder years, having lived a long and adventure-filled life, I witness many around me who are also in their sixties, seventies, eighties, and even nineties who live with a zest…
Play is what allows us to attain a higher level of existence, new levels of mastery, imagination, and culture. When we play right, all areas of our lives go better. When we ignore play we start having problems. My personal motto is, “If it isn’t fun, I don’t want to do it. And when it…
As I approach this Holiday season, my heart aches for my wife of 22 years, who died unexpectedly and suddenly last January. Memories of past Holidays dance in my head. Every ornament, decoration, aroma of cedar and baking, delivers reminders of my life with Jill. What is helping my heart heal are the people in…
How to Have Fun While Seriously Living From Patrick Williams’ book Getting Naked: On Emotional Transparency at the Right Time, the Right Place, with the Right Person “Don’t die with your music still inside you. Listen to your intuitive inner voice and find what passion stirs your soul. Listen to that inner voice, and don’t…
Whether it’s the thought of driving on crowded highways, airports and train stations, or unpredictable weather, the most common holiday stress comes from the drama and conflict of family visits. Let’s face it, family holiday visits tend to happen once a year. When they do, we reconnect with people we have not kept up with….
Early on in my career as a therapist, a young woman called me. She shared that her friend told her I was a good counselor and that she wondered if we could meet. When she arrived for her appointment, I asked what brought her in. She said, “I’ll show you.” She took off her shoes…
What is your vision? What is your passion? For a life of flow and peace, look forward to surprises, side trips, unexpected experiences, and embracing (not fearing) change. The present is about learning how the future can be allowed to unfold. Ingredients That Help A completed past An energized and purposeful present A compelling, magnetic…