3 Valuable Ways Recreation Builds Resilience
19/06/2017
Are you incorporating recreation into your life regularly?
Recreation is defined as ‘activity done for enjoyment.’ It comes from the Latin ‘recreare’ which means to create again, renew, restore or revive.
Recreation is a great way to re-create your energy, improve your attitude and build resilience. Here’s why: Read the rest of this entry »
Focus on Possibilities, not Prognosis
13/06/2017
Maintaining a hopeful outlook is one of the traits The American Psychology Association identifies as being important to resilience. (apa.org)
Sounds easy and simplistic, doesn’t it? Read the rest of this entry »
Once in a blue moon love story
06/06/2017
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss
Twenty-five years ago today I married Phil McElhaney and it changed the trajectory of my life.
Today I celebrate our once-in-a-blue-moon love story!
On New Year’s Eve, 1990 there was a blue moon. I helped Phil host his annual NYE party. We’d only been dating a few months but when we went out on his back porch to look at the blue moon he told me he loved me. For the first time I said, “I love you, too.”
We married June 6, 1992 and vowed to love and cherish each other “‘till death do us part.” (We left out ‘obey!’) We had an amazing life with love, laughter, travel and adventure. This amazing man showed me what it meant to be fully loved. He taught me how to truly enjoy life. Tragically, only seventeen years Read the rest of this entry »
Today I was talking with a friend about something we both want to do. I openly admitted to her that I’m afraid. Terrified is more like it.
I felt vulnerable admitting that. She’s already making strides and moving forward. I don’t like being seen as weak, wimpy or as someone who gives up easily. I wasn’t sure how my confession would go over. Read the rest of this entry »
Recreating Joy 