by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 15, 2022 | Resilience
Cognitive Shifting #2 When your thoughts get stuck in a troublesome rut, you need strategies and tools to regain clarity. Put a few of these in your toolbox: Yes. Most negative thoughts center around “No.” Flip it. Counter with as many “Yes”...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 8, 2022 | Resilience
Cognitive Shifting #1 Learning to make cognitive shifts can help you change your mind for good. Usually our subconscious minds run rampant with many of the same thoughts over and over. We are aware of them, but our hands are not always on the wheel. If you can...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 1, 2022 | Resilience
Return to GratitudeFrom 1999-2002, my wife and I lived in Abilene, Texas. We met some of the best friends we’ve ever had while we were in graduate school there. But as I recall, we received 13, 18 and 21 inches of rain in those three years. That’s...
by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 25, 2021 | Resilience
Return to Gratitude What were your wins in 2021? Large or small, take a moment to recognize the things that went well. Naturally, in the ongoing paradox of life, you also dealt with failure, bad news and disappointment. But meanwhile, you experienced some good things...
by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 18, 2021 | Resilience
Priorities #3 When you think of all the best things to do, overwhelm comes easily. Begin with one. Specifically, think of habits. As the new year approaches, your thoughts may turn to fresh ideas and positive improvements. But before the list grows too long, begin...
by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 10, 2021 | Resilience
Priorities #2 Why do you do what you do? Reorienting yourself to your why can be a game changer. If you can get clear on your why, then how you operate even in the mundane matters takes on new levels of clarity. For instance, why do you go to work? Of course, you need...
by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 4, 2021 | Resilience
Priorities If you create room for the most important things first, there will always be room for the rest. But, it almost never works in reverse. About 30 years ago, I read about this principle in Stephen Covey’s, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, one of...
by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 4, 2021 | Serendipity
Gratitude If you can calm your mind and focus your gaze from a higher perspective,You can see and feel and hear and smell and taste and sense…the little things. Like a moment’s snuggle with a toddler,Or reading love in the eyes of an elderly sage. You might...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 22, 2021 | Caregiving
Best Practices for Family Caregivers #4 Consistent and insatiable learning is a hallmark of patients and family caregivers who are optimizing their situation. After 17 years helping my wife live well with Dermatomyositis and 15 years volunteering and leading the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 17, 2021 | Caregiving
Best Practices for Family Caregivers #3 The latent and the palpable stress of family caregiving will wear you down. Worry, uncertainty, confusion, frustration, grief and anxiety pervade care scenarios. To counter these persistently detrimental forces, carve out 20...
