Embracing Gratitude and Positivity
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Rock Bottom, Then Redemption
Have you ever needed to take opioids for pain management? I have, many times. And while I’ve never had a true addiction to any of the drugs, I can understand why others develop a dependence. Opioids can become addictive because in addition to dulling pain, they also produce a sense of euphoria. This, combined with
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Be Content or Be Miserable—It’s Your Choice
Life can be overwhelming at times. Maybe you’re facing big challenges at work and your boss is unrelenting. Perhaps you’re dealing with a family crisis with little or no support, or you’re trying to muddle through financial woes with no solutions on the horizon. Maybe it’s all of these at once. We all grapple with
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Who Has Time for Patience?
My wife Reneé and I recently took a trip to Los Angeles to visit our son and daughter-in-law. We had a wonderful time taking in the sights, basking in the pleasant weather, and most of all visiting with the two of them. What wasn’t so much fun was what happened as we started out on
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Shifting Gears
In November 2018, Risa August received the stunning diagnosis that she had a rare pituitary disease that resulted in a large pituitary tumor at the base of her brain. Two months later, following brain surgery and only partial removal of the tumor, she underwent six weeks of radiation treatments. On top of all that, her 18-year marriage
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How to Create a Culture of Gratitude and Positivity
We can all contribute to building a culture of gratitude and positivity, in our homes, our workplaces, and within our social circles. It’s not hard, and it can help to make the world—or at least our small part of it—a better place. You’re not responsible for and have no direct control over how other people
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Keep Moving Forward
In his younger days, Chris Bonanno was an active and athletic person who worked on Wall Street, ran a nightclub, and was a walk-on for his college cross country team. All of that changed with the discovery of a spinal cord tumor. The eventual surgery to remove it ultimately left Chris paralyzed from the chest
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Who Are You?
No, this is not a post about a song by the rock group The Who. It’s about the importance of being ourselves, even as the world oftentimes calls us to be someone else. You know those situations or occasions where you take on different personas, depending on who you are with or what’s going on?
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Light in the Darkness
I was in the hospital recovering from a sudden cardiac arrest in the summer of 2022 when a doctor came into my room to discuss a course of action to address my immediate and long-term cardiac health issues. As he reviewed what I had experienced a few days before, he kept saying “when you died.”
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It’s a New Year—Seize the Moment!
It’s a new year, the traditional time to set goals and make resolutions. But how many of us actually keep our resolutions and achieve our goals? The experts say the best way to honor resolutions and accomplish goals is to be realistic and specific, prioritize, set deadlines, find an accountability partner, write things down, track
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Want Some Inspiration? Grab a Good Book and Start Reading
There is something magical about a good book. It truly allows you to live in the moment because your focus is on the words, sentences, paragraphs, and pages that for a brief time grab your attention and perhaps take you to a different place and time. Books are not just enjoyable. They can be thought-provoking,
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