What’s Holding You Back?

We all have a negative voice in our head. Arianna Huffington calls hers the obnoxious roommate. Willis Harman called it the voice of judgment (VOJ), and I call it the Triple J: the Jury, Judge, [...]

My birthday falls just before Independence Day, and I received countless messages, texts, videos of love, congratulations, funny jokes and more from friends near and far.  I was surprised when I [...]

The day after Christmas, I had eye surgery for a blocked tear duct – minor since it was out-patient, major since it involved general anesthesia, painkillers, antibiotics, drops, ointments, ice [...]

Last week I was a guest speaker for a Management Consulting class at Belmont University. My topic? Building self-awareness. Being self-aware is an essential quality for consultants and leaders. [...]

As recently as last week, while I was touring Rocky Mountain National Park, I was astonished to hear a skeptic on climate change snort derisively as our guide pointed out myriad signs of global [...]

These end of summer nights remind me of catching fireflies when we were younger. I loved the chase, but I had mixed emotions about actually trapping them in a jar with a lid. Friends with no such [...]

E*clipse (v.): to make less outstanding or important by comparison; surpass. (definition #5, Dictionary by Farlex) If I ask you to recall an embarrassing experience or a time when you were not at [...]

The first time I heard the phrase: To not decide is to decide, I was a college sophomore studying philosophy.  I remember it having a profound impact on my thinking.  Although I had certainly [...]

Back in the 80’s when my father was 69, he wrote a book that sold over a million copies and continues to sell today.  He went on to write equally popular subsequent titles.  His book, The Yeast [...]

Thanksgiving is around the corner and many of us grew up singing Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house we go.   The song conjures up images of a cozy house sitting in a [...]