The Downside of Judgment
As humans, judgment is part of our inherent nature. We need judgment to protect ourselves from threats. As a species it is one of our strongest defense mechanisms. While it can help us in many ways, it...
View ArticleUsing Crisis to Shift Your Priorities
Why does it always take a big shake-up in life to get our attention? We often go through life on auto-pilot, making decisions and taking actions that we think will give us the life we want. Over time...
View ArticleThe Key to Becoming Resilient
Getting through the current events will either require or create a lot of resilience in each of us. It seems like there has not been a time in our lives where we have felt so much discord. With...
View ArticleRemembering our Struggles to Reaffirm Gratitude
Last Thursday I had a really good cry. I can assure you it was a good, long, ugly cry. And it felt so good. That day was the one-year anniversary of my last targeted chemotherapy infusion. It’s been...
View Article2020: The Year that Brought us Clear Vision
The other day I saw a 2020 hindsight meme. It made me laugh, but of course, now I can’t find the exact meme. Ugh. That is so 2020. It got me thinking, though, which I guess is a good thing. 20/20 is a...
View Article2021: Will it be Your Best Year Ever?
As I watched 2020 roll out and the excitement for 2021 build, I couldn’t help but remember my New Year blog post from two years ago. It was a surreal New Year for me, different from all the others I’d...
View ArticleThe Wake-up Call for Change
What is your wake-up call for change? It’s often a big tragedy that propels us to even notice something needs to change. For many of us, it’s an illness or a loss or even being forced into quarantine....
View ArticleDrawing Boundaries: Lessons from Dog Poo
I stepped in dog poo the other day. Yes, that’s right. I’m blogging about dog poo. Let’s see if I can find meaning in that one! So here we go. It was the perfect storm of events that led to me stepping...
View ArticleThe Golden Rule Reversed
The Golden Rule is great, but there is one area in which it is lacking. Howard Farran recently wrote a column in Dentaltown titled, “Follow the Golden Rule.” In it, he offered excellent examples of how...
View ArticleThe Curse of Being a Perfectionist
“Wow! Being a perfectionist is a curse!” I dramatically said to my patient with a sly smirk on my face. After what felt like an eternity of revisiting the stupid ledge that remained on that damn distal...
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