Tag: Patience

Podcast Friday! Episode 72: Smiles from the Unemployment Office

June 21, 2024

In this week’s podcast, Wynne indulges me as I traipse down memory lane. Remembering some of my favorite clients…vulnerable souls that I met while working in an unemployment office.  My role? Providing career counseling – advice and guidance for the job seekers. My revelation?  The one which continues to reverberate, years later? Observing human nature … More Podcast Friday! Episode 72: Smiles from the Unemployment Office

Episode 37: The Waiting Game with Dr. Gerald Stein

September 29, 2023

In this episode, I’m with my co-host Dr. Vicki Atkinson and we are so fortunate to have blogger and retired psychologist, Dr. Gerald Stein back with us. Dr. Stein tells us three stories about waiting. Each story is great by itself but all three speak to the benefit of developing the practice of resisting the … More Episode 37: The Waiting Game with Dr. Gerald Stein

When Will They Learn?

September 18, 2023

About ten years ago, I was distractedly watching the local Seattle ABC news while fixing dinner and they ran a story about an attempted bank robbery. The suspects had gotten away but the police had captured the getaway driver, a 52-year-old woman. I was in my early 40’s at the time and I remember thinking, … More When Will They Learn?

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Old Doors Are Closing But New Ones Have Not Yet Opened

June 29, 2023

Most of us are taught to live our lives by taking lots of action, making things happen, choosing and moving and doing. And yes, that’s a massive part of the way life works, and there’s nothing wrong with that. However, have you ever experienced times in your life when things were so clearly out of your control, and it was very obvious that things were happening “to you,” despite your input or participation? … More Old Doors Are Closing But New Ones Have Not Yet Opened

Locked out!

January 11, 2023

Let me say upfront, it wasn’t my finest moment. I got stuck in our first-floor bathroom. We have the same doorknobs that were first installed by the contractor who built the house. The inside mechanism on the doorknob in the bathroom is worn and doesn’t always catch, my wife has been asking me to replace … More Locked out!