“What we have here is failure to communicate!” The famous movie line from Cool Hand Luke was spoken facetiously by the Captain, a prison warden, to Luke, the young prisoner played by Paul Newman. Perhaps one of the reasons it has stayed so deeply ingrained in our cultural lore is because the failure to communicate is […]
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Book Review: A Gentleman In Moscow
Book author: Amor TowlesPublished 2016 In 1922 at age 30, the protagonist, Russian Count Alexander Rostov, finds himself sentenced by a Bolshevik tribunal to house arrest for the crime of being an unrepentant aristocrat. His reputation and popularity allow him to escape execution, but he must move from an elegant suite in a grand hotel […]
It’s Time to Get Right with Money
Anyone who is serious about understanding themselves had better get a handle on their relationship with money. This free e-course can show you how…just in time for your holiday spending. Our attitudes about money are usually formed quite early in our lives, and far too often, we operate on those initial ingrained thoughts and assumptions […]
Heartspoken Moment: Your Circumstances Don’t Care About You
The circumstances of your life at any moment don’t care about you at all, so don’t waste time or energy trying to change what you can’t control. One of the key components of the Stoic philosophy—one that has stood the test of time for thousands of years—is that to live our best life—our most #HeartspokenLife, […]
Let’s Get Right With Money: Part 4 of 4
Too many of us have an unhealthy relationship with money, and that misalignment with our heart and soul can have serious consequences. This is the fourth in the 4-part series. The other parts are here: Part 1: Let’s Talk About Money IntroductionPart 2: Myth #1 – There’s not enoughPart 3: Myth #2 – More is […]
Let’s Get Right With Money: Part 3 of 4
Too many of us have an unhealthy relationship with money, and that misalignment with our heart and soul can have serious consequences. This is the third in the 4-part series. Here are the others: Part 1: Let’s Talk About Money IntroductionPart 2: Myth #1 – There’s not enoughPart 3: Myth #2 – More is betterPart […]
Let’s Get Right With Money: Part 2 of 4
Too many of us have an unhealthy relationship with money, and that misalignment with our heart and soul can have serious consequences. This blog post is the second in a four-part series based on the book The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist. It’s an incredible book. Here are links to all the parts of […]
Let’s Get Right With Money: Part 1 of 4
Too many of us have an unhealthy relationship with money, and that misalignment with our heart and soul can have serious consequences. This “Let’s Get Right With Money” free e-course was published originally in May, 2012 by Dr. Cyndi Briggs, a writing colleague whose course disappeared from the online space when she discontinued her blog […]