How to talk to your family during the holidays

Holiday conversations with relatives were distant even before the pandemic, economic roller coaster, and contested election, right? Well, I’m going to help you steer clear of the madness and strife by: Remembering the power in “polite conversation”Sincerely...

Enjoying the Holiday’s During Covid

What a season, right?   You’re either too far from some people or trapped too close with others.   Here’s how to: Connect with people far away for as long as you want — freeBuild rituals into long distance connectionsStay connected even when...

Feel it, Fix it, Forget it

When something goes wrong it’s normal to feel frustrated.   The key is to keep those feelings in check so you can fix it, and let it go: How the X factor in life knocks us off-course but back on-trackLearn why we inflate the importance of our problems and...

This one thing is essential

I mentioned in an earlier JumpStart that Unity used to have dozens of “basic principles” and then in the 1950s, they were whittled down to just 5. The exciting thing is that in cutting the number of tenets by 95% they left this one which seems...

Prayer in the time of Covid 19

Here’s something I’ll bet you never considered: very few people pray the same way Jesus is reported to have prayed. Jesus didn’t beg for what he wanted, instead he: Appreciated what he already hadClaimed a positive outcomeGave thanks for what he desired even before it...

JumpStart – Unity 101.3 – Law of Attraction

The “Law of Attraction” has spawned hundreds of books, programs, and movies that explain how our thoughts create our reality. And yet… Most of us worry (negative goal-setting) rather than positively visualizing our ideal lifeOur egos convince us that fear and anxiety...