Ever wonder why some seniors retire lonely while others run in retirement with liveliness? Why do some brains favor lonely and bored over lively and boosted? We may think that loneliness is a non-fixable or fatal toxin for seniors who face stepping down from work or careers alone. The opposite… Read more »
Are we cultivating plastic or petrified senior brains? Plasticity is the brain’s ability to change itself. It’s what keeps us mentally and emotionally healthy by growing, changing, creating and adventuring in ways that we enjoy most. It’s the growth mindset approach to sustaining younger, more agile brains well into our… Read more »
Inaccurate assumptions about the human brain often lead to harmful outcomes that block our incentives to tackle challenges and grow grit for innovative adventures that improve life for ourselves and those around us. While it’s true that the same boiling water that softens a potato also hardens an egg, it’s… Read more »
Grace (as our lived experience) is the unconditional love that comes from a higher power, alive and operating to benefit all humanity. Growth follows when we access and awaken grace as our lived experience. Grit forms from moving beyond mistakes to live grace in ways that offer kindness and care… Read more »
When our churches act as spectator sports, where passive patrons watch rituals from distance truths, we miss grace alive and awaiting our experiences as worship’s wings in each of us. Love, not religious words preached, propels us into “God,” to discover overflowing goodness and immense care for us and kindness… Read more »
LINKS TO BOOKS THAT RECHARGE OUR EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH IN A TOXIC ERA Grace Mindset Book – audio Grace Mindset Book – paperback The Teen’s Growth Mindset Workbook – paperback Growth Mindset Interactive Materials at TPT Mita (Growth Mindset) Strategies in Class and Beyond Student Assessment that Works –… Read more »
How Do We Awaken Care Beyond Incivility and Insurrection? We crave wisdom for a kinder life where grace for all is a lived experience. We contemplate wisdom possibilities from diverse corners that may catch our eye, yet too many often still get overlooked. When incivility and insurrection becomes our response… Read more »
Did you know that compassion and unconditional love that we offer to ourselves and others benefits us even more that people we direct it to? Kindness that we offer, even in tiny doses, also makes us more in awe of the humanity around us. It’s no surprise that compassion, kindness… Read more »
Maya Angelou said, “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” Easier said than done? Our mindset can open deep and lasting mojo at the heart of every experience. It starts with a deliberate change and enables us to step beyond trauma and… Read more »
When Einstein said, “The value of an idea lies in the using of it,” he could have been speaking of the gift I’m planning for my grandchildren. My idea is to guide a new and fun experience of musical genres as a wonderful wand of merry-making. On page 345 of… Read more »
