PTSD – just the thought of it freaked me out
PTSD – just the thought of it freaked me out. I knew I had unresolved issues, but it was so long ago.
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Challenges Facing Retirees
How do I make the most out of my retirement? I’m so used to having a purpose and now I awaken every day and have to think about what I can do.
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How to Snap Out of Your Retirement Identity Crisis
How do I explain who I am without explaining who I was? LaVelle Olexa pondered this question when she left her job in 2009. She was used to being a Somebody, one of America’s most influential fashion executives.
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Convictions Motivate Actions
What can I do to reach my goals and keep my promises?
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Women and Post-Retirement Identity
Post-retirement identity crisis for women isn’t a new concept, it just has a new name. We used to call it “empty nest syndrome”.
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Christmas and COVID-19
Christmas and COVID-19. So much has changed since the introduction of the Coronavirus.
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Dear Self,
Dear Self, I see you, I feel you, I am sorry. I spent a lifetime ignoring, betraying, and draining you.
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Empowerment in a Chaotic Environment
Empowerment in a Chaotic Environment: What does it mean to be empowered? What keeps you from feeling empowered? How do others seem to be so self-confident?
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Has COVID-19 changed your brain?
You have the power to exercise, to eat well, to turn off the blue screens, to socialize as is permissible with friends and family, and to get back outside on your bikes and walks.
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Navigating through Crises
In this current COVID-19 environment, we must have strong and powerful principles for navigating through the crisis.
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An Apology That’s Meaningful
Why is it so hard to apologize? Why is it so hard to accept and acknowledge responsibility for our words or actions? It takes an emotionally mature and stable person to do just that. To admit wrong, stop blaming circumstances or others and just own our “stuff”. Professor emeritus, Roy Lewicki, of Ohio State University’s ... Read more
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Dear Shame…
I am writing this letter to tell you that it is time to pry your sharp claws out of my brain and sever this unhealthy relationship between you and I. In the past, when I have tried to move away from you, those claws only dug in and caused pain. It was less painful to ... Read more
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