Tag: Well-Being

  • a better way. week twenty two/twenty three

    Me again. The blog consistency is not flowing, but I am hopeful I can get back on board. Why? Because I enjoy it. It’s true that writing helps one understand what one thinks. I am aware (I think) that what is most consistently on my mind, or what I have a desire to write about, […]

  • a better way. week twenty one

    A simple, no-cost strategy to get better personal outcomes in day.*, is to notice what it is that you want from others and give it to yourself. The next step is to give the same thing to others without expecting anything in return. * I refer to day. as one’s ordinary existence that includes waking […]

  • something more. week twenty one

    What do you consume? What information do you choose to digest?  In one way, I suppose this question could be: How do you spend your free time? Or, How do you spend your down time?  A human takes in, (absorbs? integrates? – consumes…) energy and information from external sources, through physical senses.  Input. Then the […]

  • something more. week twenty

    And just like that…she gently whispered to herself the familiar reminder… “Life is a series of situations, circumstances, and events that happen. When I notice my response, I can soothe my response. In Quiet Time, I align with wellbeing. In the space of possibility, I feel anchored to somethingmore. And then. I do. The next […]

  • a better way. week nineteen

    I recorded myself spontaneously read today’s excerpt. There is much to say about sensual living. Speaking of, I can hear the chirping birds outside my window. Some days, the only time I am sensual is in Quiet Time. This morning I proclaimed (to no one, and everyone) that Quiet Time was the best part of […]

  • a better way. week eighteen

    In Yoga, some facilitators will put you in a pose and then say, ‘full expression’. Put simply, this means to lengthen something, soften something, expand something. In the storyitell workbook, I describe the cues (lengthen, soften, expand) as superhero pose and connect it to Amy Cuddy’s interpretation of presence. In Amy’s popular body language TED […]

  • something more. week eighteen

    Enjoy today’s excerpt and student video from May 2020… Reflection questions taken from excerpt: And here is a video I made for the students on my school caseload during the May 2020 quarantine…

  • a better way. week seventeen

    For today’s purposes, I would like to share part III of storyitell. It will be available at the end of today’s abetterway excerpt. I would also like to encourage you to consider tapping the link to purchase your own physical copy. I share all my resources in digital form, and will continue to do so. However, […]

  • something more. week seventeen

    Shared humanity: I may not know what it’s like to ________ but I do know what it’s like to _________.  Shared humanity allows for curiosity which is the gateway to a problem solving mindset. Shared humanity is win-win energy. Win-win energy allows for a feeling of connection and belonging. Persons who feel a sense of […]

  • a better way. week fifteen

    The full title of abetterway is: abetterway. using inner resources to create your own algorithm Define terms: algorithm – the way I use the term algorithm (for the purposes of my content) is essentially the same way I consider relativity. Of course, I suppose I should now ‘define term’ relativity. Like attracts Like? Which of […]