Tag: personal-development
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EMOTIONAL WEALTH
I have often said to clients that each person has a limited amount of emotional ability at any given time. It’s sort of like a bank account from which we get money to spend, which depletes what we have available to us, until we are able to replenish the funds. It is healthy to look…
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HABITS: Such Fickle Friends
Have you ever had a bad habit? Umm…OK. Let me re-phrase that: How many bad habits do you have? I know that the phrase “bad habits” can mean different things to different people. Let me admit right off the bat that I am old-fashioned, so you won’t be surprised when I say that when I…
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TIME TO REVIEW
In our last post I wrote asking about making progress toward your goals for this year. I hope that you are gaining ground and moving ahead so far! The natural thing now is to do a review of your goals to determine if there need to be any substantial changes. This is one of the…
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MAKING PROGRESS?
So, how is your New Year going so far? In previous posts we’ve looked at being motivated to get more done and focusing on the more positive aspects of our lives that we want to reinforce. Do you ever stop everything for a bit in order to evaluate your progress? As I wrote some weeks…
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DISTRACTIONS
In the last blog I wrote about beginning new routines in our lives. I truly hope that you are beginning to look at your own life and practices in order to do some evaluation and planning. What goals might you set for yourself? What are some new, or improved, disciplines that would benefit you personally,…
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DEVELOPING ROUTINES: A CHALLENGE
Over the years I have developed a reading routine that I want to pass along to you. Because I love to read I could easily get caught up in reading only contemporary fiction, Christian teaching, or Psychology. However, in order to discipline myself and to broaden my horizons, I have established the following reading plan.…
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THE WHEEL OF LIFE
Through the years I have found lots of people, both individuals and couples, that come to me for assistance in identifying problems and needs and then working toward solutions. There are lots of assessments and analyses that can be used to help in this search for solutions, often at quite an expense. There is also…