Celebrating Differently this Season

  While the typical signs of Christmas are all around us-from the festive decorations to TV holiday ads, the way we celebrate will be different this year. With Covid-19 concerns, the usual traditions that bring us together around the holidays from church services...

The Positive Effects of Avoiding Criticism

When you’re working with a teammate and they show you their work, and you tell them: That’s no good That’s not what that is supposed to look like Have you ever seen this done right? The likely affect will be either anger, shame, and they will pull...

Overcoming Perfectionism

  We’ve all likely heard the term “perfectionist” thrown around before, maybe we’ve labeled someone or ourselves this term, or someone has used it about us. Not all perfectionism is bad, we need people to try to get as close to perfect...

How Gratitude Influences Our “Happy” Neurochemicals

During this season of Thanksgiving, it is often a time to reflect upon all that we have to be thankful for.  Despite the many challenges that many of us have faced in 2017, reflecting upon the areas of our life that have been fruitful, positive and...

Kindness Breeds Kindness

To some degree, every single one of us is experiencing change right now. Maybe it is related to the election, the anticipation of the holidays, loved ones coming and going, a personal victory or obstacle, a broken heart. Perhaps you are experiencing heightened anxiety...