Life’s Interruptions: Are You Making the Most of Them?
Apparently Thomas Jefferson and George Washington experienced a blizzard of similar magnitude to the one we did in Washinton D.C. area last weekend but certainly, it was the biggest recorded dump of...
View ArticleEmbracing Sorrow So We Can Savor Joy
Forgive me if this post is a little raw. Life has been raw for me these last couple weeks. My youngest brother Peter died just over two weeks ago and I’ve been living life at its rawest ever since....
View ArticleWisdom from Sorrow, Lessons from Loss… the Gift of Sadness.
We will all face heartache in life, we will all experience loss, and we will all know the rawness of sorrow. How can we emerge from these experiences wiser and with an enlarged capacity for joy, love...
View ArticleMoving to Australia… Changes Abound!
When the ground beneath our feet shifts, as it is for me right now, it's only reasonable that we feel a bit unstable. How can our world tilt on its axis without us tilting a bit with it?
View ArticleFinding joy amidst sadness this festive season
Yet as I know you will have experienced yourself, it's through those times when we cannot rest on what we have known, and have to dig deep and press on, despite the challenges each day can bring, that...
View ArticleHardships needn’t harden the heart. A lesson from Cambodia.
While no-one I know has ever had relatives executed or brutally tortured, few people I know have escaped loss, hardship or heartache. The truth is that wherever we live, life will bring its fair share...
View ArticleFive Ways To Bolster Your Resilience For Tough Times
Resilience is crucial to our success in the bigger game of life. Not only does resilience help us to cope better with major crisis and traumatic experiences, but it helps us cope better with the...
View ArticleMental Illness: Extend compassion, not judgement
I remember four years ago today trying to call Peter on his 31st birthday. I was at home in Virginia. He was in a psychiatric hospital in Sydney half a world away. I remember when I finally got through...
View ArticleA Reflection: Five Years Since My Brother’s Death
It’s five years today since my brother Peter died. Five years of life he never got to live. Five years of milestones and experiencing the many things that make life worth living. And for those of us he...
View ArticleHope Is A Risk That Must Be Run
In recent months I’ve spent time with several people going through a tough time and struggling to hold on to hope and stay optimistic. Depression is tapping at the door of a few. I know there have been...
View Article#TalkToMe: Dad’s wisdom on life, love & loss
At eighty year of age, my dad’s had his share of hard knocks, from losing a son after a long battle with mental illness to supporting another adapt to life in a wheelchair. Yet while I’m clearly...
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