Authenticity

To Live With Grace means the real YOU shows up every single day. You do your best with what you have. To recover from loss and grief — or to turn your Time, Talent, and Treasure into Legendary Wealth — you become all you are meant to be when you choose to be actively authentic.

Definition: Being authentic is living your life according to your own values and goals, rather than those of other people. Put simply, authenticity means you’re true to your own personality, values, and spirit, regardless of the pressure that you’re under to act otherwise. People who are Authentic are comfortable in their “own skin” and succeed in life. People who have no idea who they are or what they value rarely find the success they desire.

Zoom Conference ~ 2/1/23

Zoom Conference ~ 2/1/23

"What patients seek is not scientific knowledge that doctors hide, but existential authenticity each person must find on her own... the angst of facing mortality has no remedy in probability." ~ Paul Kalanithi Yesterday's Session... Yesterday, we had a wonderful time...

The Hope: Resilience

The Hope: Resilience

"Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going." ~ Yasmin Mogahed Jumping Out Of a Perfectly Good Airplane... Have you ever wanted to just jump out of a plane... Do some...

Gratitude: Savoring Life

Gratitude: Savoring Life

"I want to tell everybody to celebrate every day, to savor the day and be good to yourself, love yourself, and then you can be good to others and be of service to others." ~ Charlotte Rae Be Grateful ~ Savor Life... When we think of being grateful or thankful for what...

Movement Then Momentum

Movement Then Momentum

"The bigger goal of giving all parents more choices is one that will have to be discussed and undoubtedly roundly debated, but we are going to have to continue to build the case. The momentum is there on the state level in many states. That's where the energy needs to...

Zoom Conference ~ 1/9/23

Zoom Conference ~ 1/9/23

A 2023 Toast to all of us here now... From my old friend Steve Jobs when he returned to save Apple... “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of...

My First Rememberance

My First Rememberance

"A long time ago there was an enchanted princess who lived and loved and then loved even more... until one day when she was called home to heaven. She left our Earthly bounds but still shines her soul upon us even now. This beautiful woman was named Princess Janice...

Grief, Grieving & Grace: A Huge Difference

Grief, Grieving & Grace: A Huge Difference

"Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories." – Ronald Reagan My Beautiful Memory... On November 4th, what would have been Jan's 80th birthday, we had a wonderful memorial up at the top of "our mountain", Mt. San Jacinto where her...

My First Christmas Without Jan…

My First Christmas Without Jan…

"Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God's perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with...

Love With Grace™: Legacy & Legendary Happiness

Love With Grace™: Legacy & Legendary Happiness

"Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs. A story is how we construct our experiences. At the very simplest, it can be: 'He/she was born, lived, died.' Probably that is the template of our...

A Graceful Christmas

A Graceful Christmas

"Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values." ~ Thomas S. Monson My First Christmas...

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Moving Forward vs. Moving On…
"You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the...
The Real You
Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world. ~ Adam Grant Being you, in an authentic manner, can be difficult when your world has been overturned.  When we are first in grief, our brains are...
Resilience. Really?
Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive. ~ Jamais Cascio I like this thought: “Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. The goal of resilience is to...
Death of a Child
“Just as it is impossible to explain childbirth to a woman who has never given birth, it is impossible to explain child loss to a person who has never lost a child.” ― Lynda Cheldelin Fell Loss... I've lost my grandparents.  I've lost my father.  But nothing could...
Gratitude: Savoring Life

Gratitude: Savoring Life

"I want to tell everybody to celebrate every day, to savor the day and be good to yourself, love yourself, and then you can be good to others and be of service to others." ~ Charlotte Rae Be Grateful ~ Savor Life... When we think of being grateful or thankful for what...

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