by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 17, 2016 | Caregiving
Who are your connections? Chatting over an Irma’s burger. Sipping coffee and surmising with a fellow philosopher. Dessert night with a full living room. Breakfast at a greasy spoon with a mentor. Do you eat with friends on a regular basis? Food is not...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 10, 2016 | Serendipity
Singing reveals and jumpstarts a good mindset Singing in the shower, humming while you walk down the sidewalk, or whistling a tune in the car…these all reveal good thinking. If you are worrying, fumbling with difficult decisions, or brooding generally, you are...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 3, 2016 | Resilience
Words that resonate deeper with time Dating, wooing, trying everything in the book to get this girl to like me. I pop in the soundtrack for the movie, Stand By Me, and play the title track. Giving it my best Ben E. King, I harmonize pretty well, hamming it up for the...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 31, 2016 | Spiritual Stuff
Permission to Enjoy Small Pleasures Can you enjoy small pleasures? Or, have you become so accustomed to them that only bigger and bigger enjoyments do the trick? According to Dr. Christoper Peterson’s observations on a study from 2010 inPsychological Science,...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 20, 2016 | Resilience
Tis the season for transitions Late May, so it is the season for graduations, weddings, first jobs, summer jobs, retirements, and more. These are passages. And all passages entail transition. As William Bridges has so astutely pointed out, transitions involve three...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 16, 2016 | Spiritual Stuff
5 Places to Find the Light Light is everywhere. Often though, our minds enter a pattern of fumbling in the dark. It gets depressing, quite literally. So, where can we find the light again? How do we re-emerge to the life we want to be living? 1. In the eyes of...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 6, 2016 | Resilience
It’s Worth It What mountain are you climbing? Perhaps you are preparing for a literal mountain climb. More likely, your climb is related to a season or era of life calling upon your endurance to complete the caregiving task, get your child through college,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 30, 2016 | Serendipity
Which one(s) are you? This is an interesting English term. Make believe. In my experience, there are three kinds of make believe people. 1. Inspirational. These are the people who make you believe because they overcome adversity, challenges, and less than ideal...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 22, 2016 | Resilience
Great, Unrealistic, and On Target They work both ways. For good and…not so good. Often, we may find that our most devastating disappointment sand frustrations were built upon unrealistic expectations. For instance, you would be unrealistic to expect that: • This job...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 15, 2016 | Resilience
Feeling good about things you should feel good about Nobody talks about this. But it’s important. After twenty plus years of being in a position to listen to people talk, I hear a crucial distinction in what people say. Some find it difficult to accept approval...
