by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 27, 2022 | Resilience
Timeless Truths #3 “Suffering is universal. But victimhood is optional,” states Dr. Edith Eger. When bad things happen, you may sometimes be prone to ask, “Why me? What have I done to deserve this? Why do these things happen to me?” This...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 19, 2022 | Resilience
Timeless Truths #2 “Suffering is inevitable and universal. But how we respond to suffering differs,” observes Dr. Edith Eger. “The truth is, we will have unpleasant experiences in our lives, we will make mistakes, we won’t always get what we...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 12, 2022 | Resilience
Timeless Truths #1Reflecting decades later on her early life experience in a Nazi prison camp, Dr. Edith Eger embraces the heart of Victor Frankl’s teaching and makes it her own: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 5, 2022 | Serendipity
On Smiles #4 I love this one. The self-differentiated smile. Sometimes, when you know what you’re doing, who you are, and where you belong, this smile emerges. Not smug, but rather confident in the best sense of the word. The folks at GoodTherapy describe it...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 29, 2022 | Serendipity
On Smiles #3 Sitting in a high school auditorium a few years ago, I watched as my son performed an original song…as a freshman at the school talent show. I couldn’t believe he had the guts to even enter as a 9th grader at a high school with 2500 kids, much...
