by Nancy | Mar 24, 2020 | Appreciation, Encouragement, Problem Solving, Respectful Behaviors
Help! I’m going crazy! Face it! We’re all going through a crazy-making time. So how do you move through this time (however long it may turn out to be) without going crazy? Here’s some tips: Limit your news gathering time to 15-30 minutes tops. A steady diet of...
by Nancy | Apr 5, 2019 | Appreciation, Communication Skills, Conflict, Encouragement, Problem Solving, Soul Mates
Is your life looking like the blueprints you had in your mind ten or twenty years ago? Is your marriage living up to the dreams you had for it? Or are you suffering with a marriage or relationship that isn’t matching your plans? “When life doesn’t match your...
by Nancy | Jan 13, 2019 | Commitment, Communication Skills, Conflict, Encouragement, Habit Change, Problem Solving
Recently a respected friend suggested I read Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck, Ph.D. I ordered it. It came. When I thumbed through it and discovered many pages of small print, I set it aside. “Not now. Maybe later.” Yesterday I opened it to...
by Nancy | Dec 12, 2017 | Encouragement
A big part of Christmas is the story of the three wise men and their journey to find the King. This story of an amazing journey comforts me because of my own periodic journeys into the unknown. I believe the wise men must have been on a spiritual quest that led them...
by Nancy | Oct 24, 2017 | Appreciation, Encouragement, Habit Change
The Art of Expressing Gratitude This is Week #2 in my Radical Gratitude Challenge. Last week I challenged you to express gratitude to your partner. And, if necessary, work at it, dig around a little, but find things for which you can express appreciation face to...
by Nancy | May 8, 2017 | Appreciation, Encouragement
My late husband Jim’s father was a gifted mechanic. All of his life he worked as a machinist. He could fix anything with a motor or wheels. Jim inherited his father’s work ethic and values, but was lost when it came to fixing his scooter or knowing...
