Blog Archive

JumpStart – How to Let Other People’s Stuff Go

Energy Vampires! We all have them; people who: Their very presence just drains you Live in perpetual drama and trauma Seem to always reel you in to their stuff People are energetic beings and when we’re ...

JumpStart – Avoid This One Thing in Every Disagreement

It’s amazing how fast we can go from a disagreement to an argument, isn’t it? Disagreements help us achieve greater levels of understanding if work through our positions however, an argument/fight is something totally different. If ...

JumpStart – Becoming More Optimistic

For some strange reason, people think optimists are naive when, in truth, optimism is actually grounded in reality. Optimists: Always have something look forward to (rather than fret about) Expect problems but know they’ll handle whatever ...

JumpStart – Politics

Many of us feel beaten down by this politics of the last six months. Let me with you share some things I’ve learned including Why polls are typically wrong in predicting elections The importance of both ...

JumpStart – Feeling Poll-arized?

In these unprecedented times, voting has never been more crucial. And unfortunately, people in the U.S. seem to be caught wondering, “Are our politics divisive because we’re divided?  Or, are we divided because politics is so ...

JumpStart – Making Good Career Decisions

This JumpStart continues my responses to requests sent in by you, my fellow JumpStarters, on how to improve various areas of your life. Today, we’re going to talk about making good career decisions (even during a ...

JumpStart – Letting Go

It’s been wonderful tailoring these JumpStarts to the requests from you, our daily JumpStarters, because I’m discovering we’re all struggling with similar issues such as today’s topic: Letting Go. The pandemic has changed everything and forced ...

JumpStart – Good News & Bad News

I’ve got good news and bad news for you, and, it’s actually the same news:  Whether you’re enjoying happy relationships or in constant conflict and drama,  Whether you’re maximally healthy or struggling to get up off ...

JumpStart – Stalling Forward

Do you feel stalled in some areas of your life? As a pilot, I can tell you that a stall occurs when there is too much upward trajectory combined with not enough thrust. It may sound ...

JumpStart – Great Relationships (In General)

If you think of all the problems in your life, chances are many of them involve your relationships with others. When people say they want “good relationships“ what does that mean and how do we make ...

JumpStart – Stop Focussing on What Could Go Wrong

“WHAT IF…??” We beat ourselves down with worry causing us to age prematurely, feel stressed, have poor sleep, and all of this makes us worry even more! But HOW do you stop worrying? Worry is: A ...

JumpStart – Snags

You know the saying, “We hit a snag” but do you know the origin of this well-worn bromide? The saying goes back to US paddleboat days when steamships traversed rivers with goods and supplies for people ...

JumpStart – Overcoming Indecision

We struggle with indecision for a number of reasons including torturing ourselves with questions like: “What if I I choose wrong?” “What if I discover later that I could’ve made a better choice?” “What if my ...

JumpStart – How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think About You

We all do it to some extent — we worry what other people are thinking about us. And, you need to know that this is normal…until it becomes unhealthy. In this JumpStart  you’ll learn: When natural ...

JumpStart – Labels

JumpStart –  Labels The great Wayne Dyer said, “When you label me, you negate me.” Have you ever wondered… Why do we label other people? More importantly, why do we label ourselves? And, and labels helpful ...

JumpStart – Making Better Choices

We make choices and then our choices make us. Since we become the choices we make, In this JumpStart we learn  How to make decisions that improve your life Why it’s important to weight your decision-making ...

JumpStart – Relationships 2.0 – Behavior

In the final JumpStart in this series, we discuss the importance of our behavior in creating a happy relationship. Most of us saw poor relationship behavior demonstrated by our parents and, as a result, we’re ill-prepared ...

JumpStart – Relationships 2.0 – Attitude

The word “relationship” comes from the word to “relate” and your attitude in a relationship is, more than anything, determines how you relate to someone. > Do you want to break out of the shadow of ...

JumpStart – Relationships 2.0 – Belief

Relationships (sigh)  are something we’re both drawn to have and then often suffer through and I’d like to change that for you. * Have you ever dug deep into what you believe about relationships? * What ...

JumpStart – Silent Gratitude

Let me share a quote with you that’s meant a lot to me over the years… “Silent Gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.” – G. B. Stern How do you feel when someone expresses gratitude for ...

JumpStart – Today I am Grateful For…

Can I ask you 3  no-brainer questions? 1. Would you like to feel a little happier every day? 2. Would you like to enjoy more positive outcomes rather than living out your fears? 3. Can you ...

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