by Susan McCorkindale | Dec 19, 2022 | Bounce
This poor guy lost his barn. It burned to the ground. I’m willing to bet he lost more than just the structure. I imagine he lost farming equipment or animals or both. That sounds like his livelihood and that’s a lot to lose. And yet, he’s found...
by Susan McCorkindale | Dec 2, 2022 | Bounce
I can’t thank you enough for participating in the Amazon buying day on November 30th for BOUNCE: A Memoir of Resilience. In the very early morning that day, I checked the book’s ranking. It was at 680 in Women’s Biographies and I thought, “If it can just break into...
by Susan McCorkindale | Nov 18, 2022 | Bounce
My new book, BOUNCE: A Memoir of Resilience, just came out. It’s available in paperback and for Kindle on Amazon. If you’re a Kindle Unlimited member, you can get it for free or for points or something like that. I’m not too sure how all that works....
by Susan McCorkindale | Dec 1, 2019 | Bounce, Mindfulness, Resilience, Thought of the Day
The fact is, there are so few things over which we have control. Beyond decisions like where to live, type of career to pursue, whether to see the glass as half full or half empty – because, indeed that is a choice – there are very few things over which we have real...
by Susan McCorkindale | Nov 29, 2019 | Bounce, Divorce, Resilience
A Little Fear Is a Good Thing… A few years ago, when my younger son and I left my ex-husband and moved into an apartment, I discovered a quote that I fell in love with. It simply says, “If you can’t beat fear, do it scared.” Every morning I’d read that quote and...
by Susan McCorkindale | Nov 26, 2019 | Bounce, Good Stuff, Mindfulness, Resilience
So, you land your dream job and not a week into it you make some unsettling discoveries. Your boss is a micromanager. Your boss is at his or her desk 24/7 and expects you to do the same. You try for a while, but it’s not working out. Finally, you leave, maybe for...