by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 17, 2019 | Caregiving
Unlikely moments of hope #1 He knew the truth. So did she. They both heard what the doctor said. They had both read the reports and the prognosis. The cancer was back. Wide spread. And their time was short. Too short. Sitting there together, the life had been sucked...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 28, 2019 | Caregiving
Finding Your Way Through Resistance She just couldn’t seem to make the call. She knew she needed to. But, resistance seemed to paralyze her with fears and doubts. Her mother has Parkinson’s disease and was in a tailspin after an unexpected trip to the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 28, 2019 | Spiritual Stuff
Finding Your Way Through Resistance Resistance to what is good, but seems like it may hurt, is completely natural. It may not, however, always be helpful. 60 seconds. Try this. For 30 seconds close your eyes and think about the word closed. Let pictures, ideas,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 28, 2019 | Resilience
Finding Your Way Through Resistance Resistance. We all experience it. I don’t feel like it. I’m afraid of it. I don’t want to do it. So, we resist. In some cases this is not so bad, but when we resist things that are good, it ultimately hurts us....
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 7, 2019 | Resilience
3 People You Meet in a Storm #3 The weather report indicated that a tornado was headed towards Edmond on the north side of OKC. Since we didn’t have a storm shelter and we were an hour ahead of its landing time, we decided to drive to the south side of the city...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 7, 2019 | Resilience
3 People You Meet in a Storm #2 When storms hit, you first check the weather and see your favorite Chief Meteorologist or Expert Guide. If the storm is threatening or severe, most folks hunker down with family or friends. (If you are not in a situation to do that,...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 24, 2019 | Resilience
3 People You Meet in a Storm #1 Each Spring in Oklahoma, there are two or three days dominated by storms. The whole city gets off work early and rushes home to watch storm tracking by their preferred Chief Meteorologist. We depend on the expertise of the Weatherman....
by Bruce McIntyre | May 17, 2019 | Spiritual Stuff
Serenity Secrets #3 With my energy and spiritual reserves running low, I knew that some time on one of my favorite trails would refill my tank. Last week, my feet finally hit the trail around Lake Placid at Chickasaw State Park near Henderson, Tennessee. At about 5:55...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 14, 2019 | Spiritual Stuff
Serenity Secrets #2 You can do one thing right now. Sure, you have lots of things to do. You have a gajillion emails, meetings, and projects to finish if you could ever quit going to meetings. You have things at home to clean, fix, and maintenance. You have people to...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 7, 2019 | Spiritual Stuff
Serenity Secrets Have you ever just lost it? Lost perspective, lost control, lost it? In these extreme instances, unwinding and de-escalating will take more than one breath. But the practice of removing your focus from the problem, the worry, or the situation, and...
