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THE WESTERN WAY + + +

The western way shows a solitary figure on a journey of self-discovery. That was my goal when I started. Just me and the boys and a dog. John, Bill, Stu, and Ruby. I would encase the memory like high-silica ground water does to fallen logs buried in mud. Except my memory would take three weeks, […]

ANTICIPATION ANXIETY, OR “HOW BAD CAN THIS BE?”

New beginnings around here start with anticipation anxiety, sleepless nights, and carefully moving forward. Does that sound like your standard operating procedure, your SOP? It’s one thing when it’s on the job, another when it’s just you and you’re got an idea you want to figure out. Instead of the trusted steps of 1, 2, […]

OBJECT PERMANENCE: WORKING FOR A BETTER LIFE EVERY DAY

Object permanence typically starts to develop between 4-7 months of age and involves a baby’s understanding that when things disappear, they aren’t gone forever. The first time I heard the words ‘Object Permanence’ I liked it. “When things disappear, they aren’t gone forever” makes me happy. As adults we remember the past and remember when […]

WORKOUT SWEAT IN THREE DRIPS AND DROPS

You know you’ve got it going when workout sweat starts bubbling up. Not flop sweat, nervous sweat, or anxiety sweat, but the sort of sweat you want and need to prove something to yourself. Workout sweat connects you to every athlete, every champion, every strong person you’ve ever heard of. They got there with sweat. […]

LIFE CHANGES AND WE KEEP UP. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE YOU?

‘Life changes’ sound morbid. When I hear those two words I think something bad must have happened. “We’ve had life changing events,” sounds a little dramatic, like something big happened. But why does it have to be a bad event? And why big? This is a post to celebrate the small life changes, the things […]

CALMING DOWN AFTER TELLING OTHERS TO CALM DOWN

Calming down is hard when usually calm people start twitching. You know it’s going off the tracks when you have to tell the calm ones to calm down. Sensitive people have it worse because their radar picks up problems before they become problems. Ever try telling a sensitive person to calm down? How did that […]

IS THE NEW BURN OUT THE SAME AS THE OLD?

I asked about burn out from someone who knows: My wife. Why does she know about burn out? She’s lived with me for three and a half decades. She knows the drill. What’s the thing about feeling burned out, I asked? Being tired was her response. I didn’t take it personally. However, that wasn’t the […]

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH OF MAY, 2021

Mental health never takes a day off, but it gets a month out of the year for more awareness. Except mental health is a harder reach. Talk to someone about it and it goes good until you hear more about their problems. Then what? It’s good to have a plan.

EMOTIONAL RESCUE? BUDDY, IT’S JUST A GUITAR

An emotional rescue always happens at the same time. Guaranteed. First, we go through some things, then some more things. Just to keep it interesting, we go through even more things. Sometimes good, sometimes not so good, sometimes in between. I’m focusing on ‘sometimes in between.’ Why? As a constantly adjusting guy in a constantly […]

ANXIETY TODAY: WHAT IF . . . ?

THE WESTERN WAY + + +

ANTICIPATION ANXIETY, OR “HOW BAD CAN THIS BE?”

OBJECT PERMANENCE: WORKING FOR A BETTER LIFE EVERY DAY

WORKOUT SWEAT IN THREE DRIPS AND DROPS

LIFE CHANGES AND WE KEEP UP. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE YOU?

CALMING DOWN AFTER TELLING OTHERS TO CALM DOWN

IS THE NEW BURN OUT THE SAME AS THE OLD?

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH OF MAY, 2021

EMOTIONAL RESCUE? BUDDY, IT’S JUST A GUITAR

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