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I had a Top 20 training with teachers in Duluth, Minnesota last Thursday. I drove the 150 miles from my home in St. Paul on Wednesday afternoon. I decided to leave early enough to arrive at my motel in time to watch my favorite baseball team on TV. When I got to my...

Our beliefs come in two varieties: self-enhancing beliefs (Julia’s belief: I am stronger than this challenge, and this challenge is making me stronger) and self-limiting beliefs (Mary’s belief: I’m a poor writer). We want to increase our conviction of self-enhancing...

In the last few Wellness Wednesdays we have been tracking our beliefs and the conviction or strength of our beliefs: The more we believe something to be true the more real it is for us. Thus, the more power that belief will have in our life. Julia’s belief that she...

Based on responses from our Wellness Wednesday readers, it appears that our last three messages on Tornadoes of Negativity hit a familiar cord. One reader shared the following: "This year I have not eaten lunch with teachers that I have eaten lunch with for the past...

Alice recently shared that she was having lunch with three colleagues when, all of a sudden, she experienced a Tornado warning. One of her colleagues started complaining about someone who wasn’t there. She could feel an air of discomfort settle over the gathering as...

We’re taking a few Wellness Wednesdays to focus on negativity showing up in our lives in the form of Social Tornadoes: powerful negative energy that pulls people into unhealthy and damaging communication. We can use language from the weather channel regarding...

Have you noticed that negativity is a major problem in our culture? In the media, political discourse, the workplace, and our social gatherings, negativity has become normal and generally goes unchecked. The normalcy of negativity invites us to join in and contribute...

Our last three Wellness Wednesdays have focused on the importance of being in and out of our Comfort Zone and how the fear of OPOs…Other Peoples’ Opinions…can keep us stuck in our Comfort Zone. A second major roadblock to moving outside of our Comfort Zone is our fear...