Some hints on how to create lasting positive change from Shawn Achor

1. Each day express three new things for which you are grateful (Emmons & McCullough, 2003)
   
2. Each day, journal one positive experience (Slatcher & Pennebacher, 2006)
   
3. Exercise
   
4. Meditation (Dweck, 2007)
   
5. Random acts of kindness (start the day by sending a positive email to someone) ( ( Read more... )

January and February in Minnesota were unseasonably warm. I found myself unfocused and unable to get projects done. This week has had colder, more seasonable weather. I've gotten more done in the last three days than the last three weeks. Is there a connection? It's not scientific, but I think so ( Read more... )

I would like to avoid the news. It is full of the violence that humans do to one another. It saddens and sickens me. Yet, when I am honest, I know that how we treat one another is an evolutionary skill. We survived because our "tribe" was able to more effectively compete with others for resources of food and places to live ( Read more... )

Mirror, mirror on the wall, by Pema Chodron ( Read more... )

I have been very disturbed by the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. So disturbed that I tossed and turned last night. My meditations and dreams have come up with an answer that is hard to implement, so I'm putting it here. I have to respond to the hate that is behind this decision (and others like it) with love. A response to hate with ( Read more... )

I dreamt that I was at a national CoG meeting. At one point I was talking to someone (I don't now remember who, but one of the long time members, perhaps Allison or Judy). I was talking about finding a hospital administrator position and it was suggested Wyoming. It sounded like a good idea.

There are bunches of things in my life that are stressors. I want to focus, instead, on what brings me joy. Things like a long chat with my daughter about nothing on particular; planning a vacation with my parents (something I didn't think would ever happen again due to my dad's increasingly poor health); Godzilla (we have tickets to the 4 pm show ( Read more... )

I had a dream where I had 10 fluorescent orange kittens. As they ran through the house I remarked that it was as if there were moving Cheetos in my house. My dream life is odd.

The quote below has been in my in-box for a few days. I've been re-reading it. I'm struck by the need to befriend myself; particularly all of me ( Read more... )

I received this in my email recently. It seems very appropriate and is a good reminder. It doesn't mean I won't be deeply involved and invested in my community and my loved ones. It just means I need to move from a place of love, not fear ( Read more... )