by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 12, 2016 | Spiritual Stuff
Three Prayers So, you’re walking slowly, placing yourself in a receptive mode. Still, our minds tend to wander and drift back toward worry or brooding. Here are 3 prayers that may help you focus on better things. The Enough Prayer. It might go something like...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 5, 2016 | Spiritual Stuff
Putting Yourself in a Position to Receive Peace Ambling, moseying, scurrying. Fast walking, power walking, speed walking. You have probably walked in all of these ways and more. Talking on a phone, worrying, brooding, or talking to yourself. You walk. Over the next...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 2, 2016 | Serendipity
Outsmarting the latent stressors in your life Do you have days that seem like a whirlwind? Teetering on two wheels, out of control, fast moving days, when it seems difficult to focus and accomplish anything intentionally? Perhaps some of these ideas will help: 1. Turn...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 22, 2016 | Resilience
Harnessing the power of small steps In a bad morning mood, frankly somewhat depressed, and finding it difficult to pull out of this downward spiral, she struggled to even form a coherent thought. This had been going on for days, perhaps weeks. Not always this severe,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 15, 2016 | Resilience
Are smiles connected to longevity? Imagine a really energetic, toothy, infectious smile. These are called Duchenne smiles, which Wikipedia defines like this, “A Duchenne smile involves contraction of both the zygomatic major muscle (which raises the corners of...