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Although the Thanksgiving holiday is in the past, our ability to cultivate an attitude of gratitude is always present. We can extend our sense of gratitude, gratefulness, and thankfulness into each day of the year. Expressing, noticing, and feeling grateful is nothing we have to ration, rather it is something which can abound within us. …

I haven’t always cherished my siblings. While growing up, I kept my distance from some of them because frankly, they scared me. While in high school, I shared a bedroom with one of my sisters, and had a very difficult time liking her. She was messy and I was neat. It was a relief to…

At the time of my father’s death by suicide, I’d not heard the term, “victim thinking.” But now, looking back at that period of time in my life, I was thinking and acting like a victim of my circumstances. Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me  It was the worst of times. Not only had I lost my…

Learning to be frank is, in and of itself, a practice of learning how to be frank. Without practicing forthrightness, with ourselves and with others, we won’t get any better at being authentic. The best place for us to try on honesty is in our relationships with ourselves and with others. Candid Being straightforward with…