Something for Valentine’s Day
My wife is really ‘something’. Why do I say this and what do I mean? I mean, first of all that I really love her. We are together now for ten years – in a row! Given my track record this is a good long run! At least part of what makes her ‘something’, besides living with me for the past decade, is the fact that we eat together, sleep together, walk most everyday together and, most importantly, negotiate the television channels together (together is used loosely here; in the sense that I agree to watch what she prefers and...
read moreHelping Employees Handle Eldercare
Eldercare responsibilities are a reality in today’s workplace, costing employers $47 billion per year! According to MetLife cost surveys, these stressed-out, distracted employees cost businesses $33.6 Billion a year in lost productivity. The number of employees who are shouldering eldercare responsibilities is about to explode as the largest generation, ‘Baby boomers’, postpone retirement while juggling multiple caregiving, work and personal responsibilities. Not only are ‘boomers’ raising children, but over one-half provide care...
read moreWhy We Need a Training Camp for Consciousness
Some of us have worked hard to change our world; some of us have worked hard to change ourselves. And yet, for many of us, no matter how hard we have worked and no matter how much we’ve progressed, something is still eluding us. It’s not an illusion. Something is still eluding us. It is the experience of oneness, the experience of thriving in a thriving world, the experience of going beyond our own narrow self-concerns and living from a place of inspiration and connection, from the place of safety that can come only from knowing...
read moreA Well Being, at Work
I ate too much ice cream last night and my stomach is upset. I’m worried about dad because I’ve recently moved him into a retirement home. I’m stressing about having enough business next year and I feel anxious about all of the uncertainty around politics and the economy. Other than that, I’m fine. Sound familiar? I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to ‘be well’. We’re always asking each other, ‘how’s it going?’ ‘How are you doing?’ If you’re asking me, I am happy to say as of this writing, ‘I’m well,...
read moreDoing the right thing, sometimes a struggle of head and heart
My mother told me not too long before she died, “you’ll never know how much you’ll miss me until after I’m gone”. That was my mom, and of course she was right. Now that’s not exactly the point of this post but it does set the stage. There are some things we can’t know or be completely prepared for. We can only imagine (or try to avoid imagining) the realities of losing a parent and becoming the caretaker for the other. My mom died three years ago this month and my dad has done amazingly well adjusting, especially given that my...
read moreAre You Becoming a “Palm Zombie?”
In the film ‘The Sixth Sense’, Cole Sear is a boy who is able to see and talk to the dead. I don’t see ‘dead people’ but I do see people everywhere staring at the electronic devices in their palms. I call them ‘palm zombies.’ I resisted becoming a palm zombie for as long as I could. I was very happy with my cell phone because I found it very useful for MAKING PHONE CALLS! Besides which I was already spending too much face time with my other ‘computer machines.’ My wife was even nagging me to trade my antique, so yesterday,...
read moreIntegration & Collaboration
I’m working on a special program for the North Carolina Health Information Management Association. It seems there is an interest in helping them to deal more effectively with the tremendous changes that are occurring not only in healthcare but in life! So, my contact at NCHIMA and I came up with the title: ‘Integration and Collaboration in Times of Great Change.’ This title seemed to fit nicely with their theme and capture the essence of what people might be able to take from my talk. Now, all I had to do was figure out what I was going...
read moreThe world is changing and so are we
Everywhere we look we see a world transforming and changing, dramatically and undeniably. Internet and communication technologies are helping to ‘dispel the myth of separation’, evoking levels of empathy and compassion that already exists within each of us. Exposure to a steady stream of images and information, often in real time, puts us ‘on the ground’ and right into the lives and struggles of our human family. We are witness, for example, to the transformation taking place throughout the Middle East and North Africa, a struggle...
read moreGut Buster Moments
We’ve all had them, those deep belly laughs, ‘gut buster’ moments. They feel so good- the best cure for stress and negativity. We need more of them! Imagine a world in which everyone laughs out loud and uncontrollably at least once a day. I’m talking; ‘please stop, no really please stop you’re killing me’, kind of belly aching laughter that seems to happen so rarely but is so good for us. Seriously, I’m talking about ‘I haven’t laughed this hard since the time Bob sneezed during the...
read moreAre you practicin’ relaxin’?
Modern life pushes to do more, think less, and react to whatever seems most urgent. Sure, we get a lot done, but on the whole, we’re not very happy while we very stressed out! Stress is killing us, physically, emotionally and spiritually. The number of American workers who consider stress to be a major problem in their lives has more than doubled during the past ten years. 62% percent of American workers say their workload has increased over the last six months; 53% say work leaves them “overtired and overwhelmed. Moreover, the...
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