The author shares their experience with grieving groups, expressing how beneficial they found the second group they attended, despite initial struggles with the first one. They discuss this journey from grief to healing, particularly the role of the grieving group, on episode 5 of their podcast.
Day: December 18, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: What Is Your Image of Your Future?
Learning to Appreciate. A look at appreciative inquiry. Excerpts are taken from, Appreciative Inquiry Handbook (2003) by David Cooperrider, Diana Whitney, and Jacqueline Stravros. "Organizations are heliotropic in character in the sense that organizational actions have an observable and largely automatic tendency to move in the direction of images of the future." P. 18 Note: … Continue reading Thinking Out Loud: What Is Your Image of Your Future?
Today’s Inspiring Photo: Nothing Can Stop Me
It’s Time to Exercise Your Brain – Take the Anagram Challenge
Today’s mind sharpening anagram is a two or three word phrase. Can you unscramble the anagram to discover the two or three word phrase? It's time to exercise your brain! Today's Anagram:
Today’s Poem: Contentment by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes' poem "Contentment" describes his desire for a simple life, rejoicing in nature's provisions, shunning ostentatious displays of wealth, and valuing satisfaction over material excess.
Making Healthy Tamales for the Christmas Season
ChatGPT advises on making healthier tamales. Recommendations include using whole grain masa, lean proteins, increasing vegetables, reducing fat and salt, and practice portion control to maintain a nutritious, calorie-balanced diet.
Joke of the Day: Joe’s Friend’s Grandfather Invented Lifesavers
Joe: "My friend's grandfather invented Lifesavers." Pete: "Tell me more." Joe: "Yah, he made a mint."
Today’s Inspiring Quote: Adjust, Adapt and Keep on Going
“A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.” —Helen Keller