Honoring 2020

October 14, 2020

Honoring 2020

I know what you are thinking! “Why would I want to honor 2020? I want my memories of 2020 to go away. We are still 79 days away from 2021 and we might be facing the toughest part of this incredibly challenging year over those next few weeks!!” The notion of honoring this year is about creating a ritual by which we can begin the process of moving through the challenges that we’ve faced and to get onto something new....

October 07, 2020

“Two Broken Wrists!”

I was catching up with my nephew the other day when he mentioned that his pre-teen daughter had broken both her wrists over the summer. “What,” I inquired, “How did that happen?” He told me that she fell off her scooter playing in the yard and when she went to break her fall, she fell awkwardly and “boom”, 2 broken wrists. He told me it was a challenging summer for her but one of the good things that happened is...

September 16, 2020

Feeling Crazy? Ground Yourself

I’ve been talking with a lot of folks who just feel plain crazy! Of course, they describe the disruptions they are experiencing due to Covid-19 or the social unrest related to Black Lives Matter and the upcoming election as the obvious causes of their emotional lability. I often wind up reassuring people that their confusion is justified, “righteous confusion”, I tell them is a fair way to be in the world these days. In last week’s Resilient Wednesday on Overcoming...

September 09, 2020

Overcoming Conspiracy Thinking

We’re entering a new phase of the Pandemic. We’ve mastered the arts of working from home, social distancing with friends, hanging out with our family (all the time) and finding new entertainment in the absence of our usual summer activities. Now, however, the real work begins. Kids are returning to school; work begins to gear up in preparation for 2021 activity such as returning to offices and we’ve got an election in 2 months that is almost guaranteed to disrupt...

August 12, 2020

Assess Your Stress

These are challenging times and I’m hearing from more and more clients in the workplace about how stressed they feel. It seems the major issue hinges on uncertainty; How can I stay safe from the Corona Virus?Is this recession going to get deeper and is my job secure? Will my kids be going back to school and if not, how will I balance work and home…and I don’t even want to start thinking about politics! In part related to our work...