by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 3, 2025 | Serendipity
Fresh Tracks, Fresh Start Laying down the first tracks in the falling snow in our neighborhood several years ago, my son and I savored the moment. No wind. Temperatures relatively mild, hovering right around freezing. The evening was lit up with the blanket of snow...
by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 27, 2024 | Resilience
Focus What one thing would make the most difference in your life in 2025? While you have hopefully reflected on all aspects of creating a healthy life in 2025, there is probably one effort that rises above the others. One goal, one mission, one result. On December 31,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 20, 2024 | Resilience
Operative Words #3 Carve out some space to reflect on the life you lived in 2024. True, you may be thrust into the bustle of holiday shopping, traveling and surviving over the next week. But, take time to create some sacred space. Reflection activates the prefrontal...
by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 13, 2024 | Resilience
Operative Words #2 What difference does a word make? Sometimes it can make all the difference. Consider the word radiate. In terms of an individual, you might say that a person radiates inner peace. Or, he radiates joy and love. She radiates confidence and...
by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 6, 2024 | Resilience
Operative Words #1 Sometimes one word can change how you think. Consider the word welcome. In context of something you want, try inserting the word welcome. Perhaps you want more money, a thinner waist, a sense of peace, new friends or just about...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 30, 2024 | Serendipity
Thanksgiving #2 If something appreciates, it grows. For instance, an investment can appreciate, rise, increase. Of course, it may not appreciate. It may go down, plummet or stall out. The same thing happens to your mental and spiritual wellbeing when you...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 22, 2024 | Serendipity
Thanksgiving #1 As you approach the Thanksgiving holiday, secure mental space to think of gratitudes past, present, or future. Large or small. They all count. Sometimes the more obscure an item is, the more profoundly it resonates. Go beyond the easy ones to excavate...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 15, 2024 | Resilience, Uncategorized
Calm in the Storm Light is everywhere. Often though, our minds enter a pattern of fumbling in the dark. It gets depressing, quite literally. So, where can we find the light again? How do we re-emerge to the life we want to be living? In the eyes of another. Look...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 1, 2024 | Spiritual Stuff
Calm in the Storm #1 You have surely noticed. The political stage is set for chaos over the coming weeks. As you vote, engage and process as the storm rolls through, how can you retain some sense of clarity? How can you speak and act from your best self? Three...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 25, 2024 | Resilience
Crucial Concepts #5 Great ideas outnumber great products and services 100 to 1. In the world of business there is no shortage of great possibilities. The only ones you use or hear about were born of sweat, doubt, fear, failure, hard work and eventual success. Sure,...
