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If you pay attention to the news, you will certainly notice that hatred and ugliness exist. These are made available to us because people who work for news channels look for it. They spend their days looking for them. When found, they capture hatred and ugliness and...

Last week’s Wellness Wednesday introduced the importance of Ground Rules: guidelines that participants agree to follow in order to make human interaction more productive and enjoyable. Having Ground Rules establishes expectations that result in effective human...

In baseball, ground rules are special rules particular to each baseball park in which the game is played. For example, when a fair ball lodges in the ivy covered outfield wall at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, the fielder throws up his hands and the batter...

Matt Haughey, my son-in-law, recently gave the eulogy at the funeral father, Jim Haughey. Matt described his father as a man who answered the bell. The phrase comes from the sport of boxing and refers to boxers coming out of their respective corners to "answer the...

Pioneers were willing to embark on difficult and dangerous journeys, but they weren’t foolish. They never went alone. Their independent spirit didn’t blind them from their dependency on others. They understood the basic human need and principle: we are stronger,...

We’ve identified the pioneering spirit as (1) refusing to be governed by the damaging phrase, “It’s always been done this way,” and (2) willingness to leave stinking thinking behind. A third characterization of the pioneering spirit is a willingness to lean into fear...

Last week we focused on the pioneering spirit that refuses to be governed by the damaging phrase, “It’s always been done this way.” Probably the most obvious aspect of pioneers is their willingness to leave one place and head towards another. The early pioneers were...

What difference does where we live make regarding our mental health? Psychologists have long contended that people living in urban areas have higher levels of anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and schizophrenia than rural dwellers. I live in a large city…St. Paul....

Remember Winnie the Pooh’s pessimistic, gloomy, depressed friend? Eeyore’s glass was always half empty. He dwelled on the negative and never believed things could get better. I recently read an article by Kate Rockwood that suggests how to keep this fictional...