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...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 5, 2021 | Caregiving
Best Practices for Family Caregivers #2″Just let me know if you need anything,” is offered 10 to 100 times more than it is accepted. Why? Two reasons.1. You. You don’t want to be a burden. You don’t know how to articulate what you need....
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 1, 2021 | Caregiving
Best Practices for Family Caregivers #1 No matter what your situation, there are people who know things you don’t and who can do things you can’t. They have expertise, resources and experience. Ask them for a consult. You probably don’t want to ask...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 22, 2021 | Spiritual Stuff
Exercises for enhancement #3 What happens when you look past the surface to the second, third and fourth levels? You discover details that were there all along, but so easily missed. Granular reflections can be focused on anything: feelings, beliefs, objects, people,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 15, 2021 | Spiritual Stuff
Exercises for enhancement #2 What has made the good times so sweet? Inevitably, you will think of the location, the people, the circumstances. For instance, perhaps you spent a week in the mountains and your children were glad to be there and the weather was perfect....
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 15, 2021 | Spiritual Stuff
Exercises for enhancement #1 If you find yourself growing bitter or crusty, start doing a weekly compassion reflection. It’s a game-changer. It happens. I know. The blinders of your own challenges keep you focused on your own problems and soon it is difficult to...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 1, 2021 | Serendipity
One word can make the difference What if one word could change your mind? What if your whole posture toward a person, a job, or a task could be improved by adopting a new key word that resets your expectations? When I was a young father, I thought of my primary role...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 24, 2021 | Resilience
Asking Better Questions #3 Bring to mind a current challenge. Where there is fog and a lack of clarity, a well designed question can often help you put your finger on the pulse of the problem. With a bent toward action and responsibility, you get away from blaming and...
