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What’s the difference between problem-solving and rumination?

I had occasion to explore this issue myself this week, when I discovered that somehow my utility company had switched the account number and name on the bill it sends to my home each month. Confidently and proudly paying my bills online on the first of each month, I...

Has the future got you in a tizzy?

For the past few weeks, we’ve had wonderful weather where I live. Mild temperatures, scattered showers, mostly at night, and low humidity. It’s perfect for everyone, including people who run or bicycle, garden, or work out of doors picking up the garbage, repairing...

What if barriers didn’t exist?

I heard a wonderful story last night, from a woman who has had a varied, interesting andfrom any standpoint, successful, life.   Her secret?  She didn’t know there was a glass ceiling!  In fact, she wasn’t aware of most barriers that frustrate the rest of us. Here is...

Why can’t you say “NO”?

Personal note It’s August, and miraculously enough, where I live we are having perfect convertible weather: temperatures in the high 70’s with a slight breeze, blue skies with puffy clouds. A great day for driving with the top down, letting the breeze ruffle your...

What do you say to a Dementor?

Personal note June ended with a bang; heavy winds and driving rain brought down 5000 trees and left an estimated 610,000 people without power in the Minneapolis – St. Paul area. I was one of them. Along with the complete lack of light, air conditioning, cooking...

Who do you share your pain with?

Personal note Spring is morphing into summer: for those of us in the North Central area of the US, we are finally seeing summer, with ideal temperatures and soft breezes. If our prolonged winter brought sluggishness, this change has brought renewed energy to promote...

Is Stress a Choice? Or a Habit?

Personal note When we feel down and out, there is often a sense of isolation from the rest of the world, as if we had been sent to a decontamination chamber or an island for people who have something incurable. As I work with more and more clients, I am treated to a...

Want to know the best way to save your life?

Personal note Spring has brought with it a whirlwind of activity, both indoors and out. Once again, plants I have barely noticed have decided to take over entire flower beds. Not the same plants that did so last year, but another bunch. It varies each year; I have no...

Have you ever had a psychological sucker punch?

Personal note Our mercurial weather, with its frequent rain and wind alternating with sunshine, has helped me keep my nose to the grindstone and continue turning out the Workbooks I am planning for my two programs: The Confident Introvert and Be Your Own Best...