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- Victim to Victor: An Amazing “Steam Punk” Shift in Focus - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2016 from Noelle NelsonThe other day, a good friend of mine gave a talk in which he described how he overcame his addiction to alcohol, and it basically came down to this: he decided he had a choice. To ease the pain of life by drinking, or to choose happiness. To stop looking at everything that didn’t work in his ...
Views: 1265 - Walk Past The Rabbit Hole Into A Stellar New Year - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2021 from Noelle NelsonTo say it’s been a strange year is an understatement. Even stranger than last year, because most of us expected that 2021 would see an end to the global pandemic and political unrest. Not! So here we are, still in the world-wide chaos of COVID and politics, wondering what new disaster will ...
Views: 536 - Want a Miracle? Shift Your Perception! - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2015 from Noelle NelsonLosing is painful. It doesn’t matter what - a job, a promotion, your health, a lover, a spouse - it’s painful. Sure, the pain is greater, the greater the loss, but whenever we lose something, we feel it deeply. A friend of mine, a trial lawyer by trade, recently lost a big case. He’s not in ...
Views: 1479 - Want More Job Kudos? Supercharge Your Work! - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Noelle NelsonYou’ve got your work down to a system. You’ve been doing it long enough so that you know what to do, how to do it, and get your assigned tasks and duties done well (for the most part) and on time (for the most part), regardless of whether you’re assigning your “to-dos” to yourself or you have a ...
Views: 839 - Want Success? Focus on What Works! - by Submitted on May 31, 2013 from Noelle NelsonYou’re annoyed with yourself. Very. Downright angry, now that you think about it. You vowed last month you’d stick to your diet and slim down for the summer, and here you are, berating yourself over that double fudge extravaganza you pigged out on last night. Which wouldn’t be so bad except ...
Views: 1300 - Want to Stay Young? Get Busy! - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2016 from Noelle NelsonI’m endlessly fascinated by children in airports. As I sit, waiting patiently (sort of) at the gate for my flight, I watch children – in particular the 3 to 5 year olds – run, stumble, and climb over, through, and around anything stationary: people, suitcases, seats, recycling bins. They won’t ...
Views: 1545 - Waste Not, Want Not - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2021 from Noelle NelsonWe may not be out of the pandemic quite yet, but many of us are carving out a “new normal” for ourselves. Because let’s face it, life is not going back to what it was a mere two years ago. This actually is a good thing, because we have the opportunity to make new decisions, new choices for how ...
Views: 589 - What I Learned From The Inventor Of Zoom - by Submitted on May 31, 2020 from Noelle NelsonIf there’s one thing I noticed about our sheltering-in-place time, it’s that complaining did absolutely nothing about it. Zip. Nada. Complaining about the lack of work didn’t magically produce more work, ditto lack of income. Complaining about the ordeal – pardon me, challenge – of ...
Views: 911 - What I Learned From Yucky Fish - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2014 from Noelle NelsonWe’re great at giving our very best in the hard moments, the crises. We pull out all the stops to save a loved one’s life, rescue a child from a burning building, salvage our marriages on the brink of divorce. We are truly, then, the shining example of what a human being is capable of. But ...
Views: 1512 - What Improv Theatre Taught Me About “Yes, and…” - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2014 from Noelle NelsonYou’re planning your next vacation. Well, your only vacation this year, which is a pretty big deal because you and your girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse haven’t had one in, oh, let’s see - quite a while. It should be a delightful discussion, after all, you’re talking about something you both want and ...
Views: 1204 - What My Rescue Puppy Taught Me About the Power of Together - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2014 from Noelle NelsonRecently, I adopted a rescue dog - a one year old German Shepherd - and as is true of most rescue dogs, he was an anxious, insecure puppy. Nonetheless, as I stood in front of him and gently petted his head, I was surprised when he cringed and backed away. Then I remembered that his experience ...
Views: 1595 - What Would (Insert Name of Favorite Action Hero) Do? - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2015 from Noelle NelsonYour most recent attempt to persuade your boss of how much you deserve that raise/bonus/perk landed in the unfathomable depths of his “No way no how” with barely a ripple. You are depressed, disgusted, and yes - truth be told - massaging your hurt ego with liberal doses of self-pity. Which ...
Views: 1173 - What Would (Insert Name of Favorite Action Hero) Do? - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2015 from Noelle NelsonYour most recent attempt to persuade your boss of how much you deserve that raise/bonus/perk landed in the unfathomable depths of his “No way no how” with barely a ripple. You are depressed, disgusted, and yes - truth be told - massaging your hurt ego with liberal doses of self-pity. Which ...
Views: 1104 - What Would Betty Crocker Do? - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2019 from Noelle NelsonSome of you may remember who Betty Crocker was. For those of you who don’t, Betty Crocker was a fictional character, created in the 1920s to give a friendly face to cooking and baking products. She was a cultural icon right through the mid-90s. To many over the decades, she represented kindness ...
Views: 860 - What's Your Next Right Move? - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2020 from Noelle NelsonSomething Oprah Winfrey said in an interview I stumbled across recently really hit home with me: “What is the next right move?” She was talking about how to handle disappointments, even failures, and the point she was making is how useless it is for us to dwell on whatever-it-was, but rather to ...
Views: 991 - What’s Right With This Picture? - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2021 from Noelle NelsonLunch at a restaurant! With a friend, live and in person! A restaurant with indoor seating, no masks required for the vaccinated. OMG, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. After the long year of home-cooking (not much variety there), take-out (fun from time to time, not all the time), and ...
Views: 699 - When You Look In The Mirror, What Do You See? - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2016 from Noelle NelsonWhen you look in the mirror, what do you see? That you’re too short, too tall, too fat, too skinny? That you somehow grew a pimple overnight, or a new set of crows feet, or maybe it’s time to go shaved-head considering that ever-expanding bald spot? Or do you see your wonderful smile, the ...
Views: 1464 - Who Has More Fun, Us or Dogs? - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2018 from Noelle NelsonWe have a new neighbor on our hill. I met him the other day when I was taking my beloved old puppy--whose arthritis prevents him from getting a walk--out for his drive. My neighbor was walking his three pups down the hill, so of course as mutual dog lovers, we had to stop and have a ...
Views: 1008 - Who Will You Choose to Be In 2023? - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2022 from Noelle NelsonThe great thing about a New Year is we get to make a fresh start. The not-so-great thing about a New Year is we get to make a fresh start. Which we often abandon within a month or so. We then feel guilty or bad about ourselves for not being able to stick with whatever it was. But what if you ...
Views: 498 - Why Me? Every Woman's Lament - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2009 from Noelle NelsonYou glare at the Toad-on-The-Couch your man has become. You’ve been subtle – “suggested” and hinted and sighed loudly - only to progress to complaining, nagging, fuming and yelling when subtlety doesn’t shove him off the couch and into doing what needs doing. Not that your ...
Views: 928 - Why Success and Gossip Don’t Mix - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2012 from Noelle NelsonYou know how it goes. You’re huddled around the coffee machine, riveted, listening to a co-worker’s latest rendition of “and then Tom texted Thea saying she was a conniving . ..” Oh, the fun of office gossip! Oh, the titillation and subversive thrill that comes out of “I know something about ...
Views: 1308 - Win the Battle, Lose the Love - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2011 from Noelle NelsonYou throw the credit card bill in the middle of the kitchen table with a victorious flourish. Ta-da! You were right. He’s the one who maxed out the card. He’s the one who spent needless dollars on some foolish whats-it that wasn’t in the budget. He’s the one who puts his selfish needs above the ...
Views: 836 - Would You Marry You? - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Noelle NelsonYou love Valentine’s Day, it’s such a blissful thing, to celebrate your love. But somehow, the reality of Valentine’s Day rarely lives up to your fantasy of it. The restaurant was crowded, he didn’t comment (or comment enough) on your new outfit, the five pounds you lost or the perfect way your ...
Views: 965 - You Got This! - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2022 from Noelle NelsonMy morning was supposed to be devoted to writing a report for one of the trial attorneys I consult for. The work takes concentration and focus, as my conclusions influence how the case is developed. It’s important, it matters, I need to do it well. But “life” was having none of it . . . The ...
Views: 610 - Your Attitude's Impact On Mind & Body During COVID-19 Crisis - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2020 from Noelle NelsonMy front window gives onto the street, and every day I see people walking their dogs. Maybe a half dozen folk in all, giving their pups some exercise. But over the last week, since California went on “lock-down,” I’m utterly amazed by the number of people walking. With dogs, without dogs, with ...
Views: 1090 - Your Heart Got Hijacked? Take It Back - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2016 from Noelle NelsonWhen a man got the “Dear John” treatment from his girlfriend recently, his Fitbit tracked his heartbreak, a dramatic and oh-so-21st century snapshot of what happens to your physical heart when your emotional heart gets trashed. Indeed, not only do your emotions suffer when you get bad news, ...
Views: 1358 - Your Relationship Breakup: Was It Complete Failure or Just Complete? - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2010 from Noelle NelsonYou’ve tried. You really have. You loved this man, you believed he truly was your “happily-ever-after.” You wanted this to be THE relationship of your life. When things started going downhill, you read all the self-help articles, more books than you can count, went to couples counseling ...
Views: 2827 - You’re Wrong! - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2022 from Noelle NelsonNobody likes to be told they are wrong. We all believe, in our hearts of hearts, that we are right, no matter how logically misguided we may be. So why do we so often voice an objection to something our partner, friend or co-worker says with an immediate: “You’re wrong!” Often followed up by, ...
Views: 560 - “Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.” - Richard Wilkins - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2022 from Noelle NelsonA dear friend was lamenting the state of the world these days, and indeed, the wars, shootings, political and legal wrangles are disturbing to those who want peace and prosperity for all. In addition to the natural disasters which seem constant: fires, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes. And ...
Views: 776 - “The Lion King” and “Aladdin” Get the Best of a LaGuardia Situation - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2015 from Noelle NelsonTravel delays are never fun, but from time to time they are bound to happen. You can’t expect the weather to cooperate every time you fly, and better they should repair those mechanical issues before you fasten your seat belt. I’ve learned to take a deep breath, chill, remind myself it’s not ...
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