From the category archives:

Life Skills

The Value of the Vision Thing – in Politics, Business and Life

March 15, 2010

Those who we recognize for their vision are, more often than not, satisfied to see what they see and begin with that, then fill in the blanks while adapting to changes as they unfold. Indeed, an artist faces a canvas, a blank sheet of music, or a problem to be solved, with only an inkling of an idea, and that’s enough to begin.

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Sending Yourself Messages From The Future – Life Skills

March 8, 2010

Last month, I blogged about how to start your year off right with nutrition and exercise. To make such changes for the better, your motivation has to align with your direction.   And one of the best ways to find your motivation and change the way you take care of yourself is to look for [...]

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Can Changing Your Story Change Your Life?

March 1, 2010

Here’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. I love narrative psychology, and teach it to my clients and students as a powerful change tool. Because, consider this. Everyone has a story. And when you change your story (or someone else’s story), you can change a life.

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Get Energy From Exercise – Life Skills

January 18, 2010

In this week’s post, I’d like to tackle a tough subject that doctors often deal with in their patients. Exercise. There, I said it. And so far, you’ve survived it. Let’s find out if I can persuade you to do something more about it.

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Sink Your Teeth Into What and How You Eat – Life Skills

January 11, 2010

In this post and the next, Dr. K’s blog is all about your health. To start things off, let’s talk about taking it off. Weight, that is. I mean, really, why weight/wait?

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Get With It, Get On With It – The Antidote For Complacency

December 21, 2009

Creative living stands out against the darkness of time, surrounded by the light of progress. As individuals, family members, and shareholders in communities, the use of our creative energy aimed at better tomorrows is self renewing, in that it allows us to slip the bonds of earth and soar to the heights of our hopes and dreams.

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Fixing To Die – Complacent and fanatics share same false premise

December 14, 2009

Our inactions have consequences. Making the easy choice in the moment and doing what’s most convenient at the time almost always leads to complications and trouble, a soap opera whose happy endings are fleeting setups for more difficulty and travail. When creative energy is inhibited and suppressed by avoidance and denial, the result is unconscious and self-defeating behavior that guarantees a future shock.

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Learning the Lessons of (Personal) History/Herstory Part 2

December 7, 2009

Anytime you have an experience, good or bad, in which you know that what you did effected the result, and then you mentally play it again in the same way, you increase the likelihood that the next time you’re in a similar situation, you will do an even better job of having the same reaction and result

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