by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 5, 2025 | Resilience
Cutting Through the Fog Tough decisions are tough for a reason. If you are living through a season of chaos, this is especially true. Consider these three ideas for better decision making courtesy of the Heath Brothers from their book, Decisive. Widen your options....
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 28, 2025 | Spiritual Stuff
Creative Gratitude #2 As you emerge from the indulgence of Thanksgiving overeating, take a moment to bask in warm thoughts. Perhaps you are in a home loaded with memories. If so, take a look around and be grateful. Find the beauty in the people around you or the ones...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 21, 2025 | Spiritual Stuff
Creative Gratitude #1 What if? Have you ever arrived at gratitude via the side door or perhaps the back door? Here’s what I mean. As Christopher Peterson articulates, “It may matter whether we think about the good things in our lives in terms of their presence (e.g.,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 14, 2025 | Caregiving
Words For Those Who Care #6 She keeps going. Her voice is soft. Her attempts at annunciation tend to leave her words slurred together due to the effects of Parkinson’s disease. She walks slowly, precariously on the verge of a fall at any moment. The disease has...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 7, 2025 | Caregiving
Words For Those Who Care #5 I love this bit of wisdom from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, “Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature’s way of letting in only as much as we can handle.” And grief is the appropriate word here. Any...
