by Susan McCorkindale | Jan 5, 2020 | Mindfulness, Thought of the Day
Recently I heard the expression, “They want to fly first class. I want to own the plane.” and it caught my attention. Because it’s so far beyond how I usually think. I’m a huge cheerleader; I encourage others and I think I encourage myself and yet – it never crossed...
by Susan McCorkindale | Dec 23, 2019 | Mindfulness, Resilience, Thought of the Day
You are the only one who can limit your greatness. How do I know this to be true? Because when my eldest was diagnosed with autism, we were told he’d never live on his own, never hold a job, never drive, and never manage his own money. Guess what? Those doctors...
by Susan McCorkindale | Dec 21, 2019 | Good Stuff, Thought of the Day
Do you remember the song “Soak Up the Sun” by Sheryl Crow? She sang those lines, “It’s not having what you want. It’s wanting what you’ve got,” and they stopped me cold on the street on my way to work. I was so saddened and depressed by the job I was going...
by Susan McCorkindale | Dec 16, 2019 | Mindfulness, Thought of the Day
“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubts.” Think about that. It’s brilliant! I wish I’d come up with it. When we doubt our power, when we doubt the thing we know we’re great at, when we doubt what we know is the reason God put us on this planet,...
by Susan McCorkindale | Dec 11, 2019 | Divorce, Resilience, Thought of the Day
When someone we love is grieving, our first inclination is to do or say something helpful. So, we rush in bearing food and hugs, and then we stand there, searching for the right thing to say. And then, because we’re just clumsy about grief and grieving in this...
by Susan McCorkindale | Dec 8, 2019 | Thought of the Day
Did you know that the quickest way to feel better when work has you super stressed is to express gratitude? It is. And it’s easy to do. Open your eyes and look, really look, for the silver lining in the “project that never ends” or the “boss...