I co-authored a self-esteem program called Project Self-Esteem, and one of the lessons was about the importance of focusing on a person’s behavior rather than their being. We had a brown bear puppet, Harmony, who showed up in the lesson saying he hated Yogi. When asked why, he said that Yogi stepped on his new […]

I wish I had told my father what he meant to me before he died. I wish I had thanked my wife for all she did to make our trip work. I wish I had told my kids how many things they did that were right…I wish I had listened to my friend when she […]

As children we heard, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt you.” What each of us know is that judgmental words chosen by someone you love or respect become tattoo’s on your heart, causing you to withdraw from your own potential. It took me too many years to live the […]

My mother was an Olympic criticizer, so I learned to be a people pleaser, trying to keep anyone and everyone off my back. Although I have long-ago given up trying to please others, I can still hit a “button” from the past now and then. Everyone, including my dear mother, is looking at you through […]

As I look back on my 8 decades of life, I remember dearly so many people who loved me and taught me to be a better person. At one time, I also thought of the challenging people who were in my life and kinda shuddered, inviting that memory to pass quickly through. Now, I realize […]

Let’s say that all of life is an energy field, some things attract and some things repel. Prayers attract love to a situation. Fear attracts negative energy. Anger attracts negative energy. Holding a grudge, making a judgment, hating someone attracts negative energy. Maybe the miracle in a healing is that prayers surround the “wound,” allowing […]

In In all my years as a professional lecturer/teacher, one of the topics that mystifies both adults and children is anger. From generation to generation, we have passed down the idea that feeling anger is wrong. A feeling isn’t right or wrong, it just is; what a person does with that feeling is what counts. […]

My bother and I had a conversation about our childhood; it was two different versions of the same period of time! Our ego constructs hurts and resentments into memories that are distorted from the past. I held a lot of resentment towards my mother for always criticizing me. In order to drop MY burden of […]

Watching your thoughts might be the leading way to heal past hurts and create a positive attitude towards whatever you do. Pick one thing to watch for today: How many negative words do I direct towards myself; “Dummie, Idiot, Stupid Idiot, Moron, Loser, etc.” When you hear yourself delivering negative self-talk, STOP! Replace that thought […]

Due to the increased use of cell phones and other media contraptions, we are living on an over-crowded planet that is totally disconnected. A friend texted me when I was home with a cold. I told her how I felt which was crummy—and she had no idea how crummy because she didn’t hear my froggy […]