Embracing Gratitude and Positivity
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Is Keeping a Gratitude Journal Worth the Effort?
Last Friday marked the third anniversary of my launching this blog, and for today’s post I’d like to revisit the subject that inspired me to begin writing these posts in the first place: gratitude. Specifically, I want to focus on gratitude journals. These are mindfulness tools that can help you look for and emphasize the…
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The Power of Taking Responsibility
In dealing with a few medical issues recently, I had some exasperating experiences that reflected a bit poorly on the organizations providing the healthcare services. Don’t get me wrong, I have immense respect and admiration for the people and institutions that provide care. But once in a while, there are mix-ups, unnecessary delays, miscommunications, and…
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Beware the AI-Powered Scammers—They’re Coming for You
I like to think I’m somewhat savvy when it comes to technology. Yes, I was slow to embrace the Internet, smartphones, and even answering machines. But I’ve been writing about tech for more than four decades, often covering topics months or years before they hit the mainstream. One of the areas I’ve focused on in…
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Learning is a Lifetime Mission
NASA’s Artemis II mission reminded me of the Apollo journeys to the moon that fascinated me as a kid. And it should remind each of us about our natural need to keep learning and exploring. Opportunities to learn new things are all around us. But what makes it special is not just the learning, but…
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The Power of Self-Compassion: Why Being Kind to Yourself Matters
Do you ever find your inner voice berating you, even using unpleasant language to describe yourself when you fail to achieve a goal or when you make a mistake? I do now and then, and I’d like to stop this practice because it doesn’t do any good and can actually do a lot of bad.…
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Do You Believe in Miracles?
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Looking Back, Forging Ahead
For years, my family has had a New Year’s tradition of sharing our highlights of the previous year and goals for the next. We give it a lot of thought, make lists for each category, and then read them out loud to each other. This has always been a rewarding and fun experience. Only recently,…
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A Few Ways to Embrace Joy During the Holidays
Recently I appeared as a guest on a podcast focused on positivity, and one of the questions the host asked me was what advice I would give to someone who is feeling depressed or defeated during the holidays. Not being a mental health professional, I didn’t feel qualified to provide an authoritative answer. But based on…
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What Are You Thankful For?
For this special Thanksgiving edition of the “Embracing Gratitude and Positivity” blog, I’m taking a look at some of the things that make people thankful. For me, what comes to mind first are probably the same sources of gratitude many would mention: family, friends, the necessities of life, nature, and stable health. This year in…
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Turning a Loss Into a Gain
Most of us end up losing some of our capabilities over time. The key to accepting these limitations, I think, is to acknowledge the loss, come to accept it, and then focus on what we still can do. In my case, for example, I had to give up driving after experiencing a cardiac arrest in…
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