Best of Ourselves

How we live our lives leaves a legacy to those who follow.  The word legacy is often associated with property or money.  However, some of  the most powerful legacies are the way we have impacted people along the way.

The book, Positivity by Barbara Frederickson, shows how to increase our positive emotions each day.  With a little bit of conscious effort, we can increase the quality of our days, our health and our relationships.

Competition is highly valued in our culture. However, there is evidence that it may not work as well as we think.

Growing and changing requires us to surface the assumption that holds us in place.  Reviewing the lesson from Kegan and Lahey's book, Immunity to Change and Dweck's book, Mindsets.

Becoming more aware is the key to living more intentionally.

Often our well-intentioned responses to friends in need does not help.  Watch out for advice and judgment; instead practice more listening and empathy.

Research shows we have 2 brains, the one in our head, the other in our gut. How do we access our whole selves to make wise choices?

How do we not take what others do and say personally?  And how to we operate our lives out of our best selves versus in reaction to what others do or say?

Civil righs activist and US Congressman John Lewis often cites an an African proverb - when you pray, move your feet. 

Often we make ourselves miserable by holding on to our plans instead of dealing with what has shown up.