So now that the holidays are over….

So now that the holidays are over….

Here we are… only a few days into the new year, and it hits…..   No not just the freezing cold, gray white darkness of deep winter.  I mean the “the holidays are over, and all of the frenzy to get there, and enjoy those celebrations …

A Welcome Letter to 2018

A Welcome Letter to 2018

Hello 2018, Here you are!…. I wanted to take a moment to welcome you.  We don’t know what you will bring with you, but our hopes are that you bring us good health, open doors for new opportunity and prosperity.  We also hope that good …

Life is hard, friends are good

Life is hard, friends are good

If there has been a theme this past year of 2017, or for that matter this past decade, it is that friends are the part of life that makes life bearable, survivable, and a reason to push through the deep and hard places.  We had …

Communication and Personality Style

Communication and Personality Style

    Working and living around people will quickly give great joy or deep sorrow.  People bring a strong sense of personality and a varied type of communication style.  It was in the year 2000 that i first heard the term “Passive Aggressive” used and …

Quote of the day

Quote of the day

“Grief is love’s souvenir. It’s our proof that we once loved. Grief is the receipt we wave in the air that says to the world: Look! Love was once mine. I love well. Here is my proof that I paid the price.”  ― Glennon Doyle Melton, Love …

How do you handle the traumatic stuff in life?

How do you handle the traumatic stuff in life?

Life can hum along smoothly for a long time, but every now and then something happens and it just comes off the rails.   None of us are exempt from crisis or traumas… perhaps there is a death in the family, or a financial reversal, …

The power of connections

The power of connections

I wanted to think through the many connections that were made, or reconnected at Tremont this past weekend, and I knew i needed to write about this. I never view my purpose as setting up my tent to just sell sell sell… although that is …