by Susan McCorkindale | Dec 6, 2019 | Resilience, Thought of the Day
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? I don’t. Not new ones, anyway. Instead, I simply remind myself of the decisions I made a few years ago after my husband’s death. I call them my 5 Do’s and a Do-over (because everyone deserves at least one do-over!) and share...
by Susan McCorkindale | Dec 4, 2019 | Mindfulness, Resilience, Thought of the Day
Have you ever set aside time to work on a big project only to have a colleague burst into your office the moment you start to dig in and say, “Hey! Have you got time for a quick meeting?” I’m willing to bet you have. I have. And what I want to know is, what did you...
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 23, 2019 | Bounce, Confessions, Resilience, Thought of the Day
A few years ago, I was offered a job I never in a million years thought would come my way. I couldn’t believe it. I was honored, touched, thrilled, and convinced I better say, “no thanks.” I mean, how could I take that job? I didn’t have the...
by Susan McCorkindale | Nov 22, 2019 | Bounce, Confessions, Death, Resilience, Thought of the Day, Vulnerability
A wise woman once told me, “Guilt is a wasted emotion.” It’s like sitting in a rocking chair; it’ll give you something to do, but it’s not going to get you anywhere. In fact, the only place guilt takes us is down a deep, dark rabbit hole...
by Susan McCorkindale | Nov 21, 2019 | Bounce, Good Stuff, Resilience, Thought of the Day
We know the truth by the way it feels. Trust your gut is one of those expressions it took me a long time to embrace. Why? Because I have a great gut and lots of times it tells me things I don’t want to hear. A few years ago, though after another of those life-defining...