Becoming Less Crispy
The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why. -Mark Twain Such a simple quote with so much power and insight behind it. Powerful enough to have found its way to a wall…
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Let’s Play Pretend – Compassion Fatigue
“The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet” (Remen, 1996) Perhaps a dated quote, but one that I could not…
Let’s Play Pretend: Becoming Crispy
“Burnout happens when you avoid being human for too long.” www.theblissfulmind.com I know what you are going to say. Yep. No need to actually say it to me… Melissa, avoiding being human is how I function, NOT how I burn out. Got it and for…
Let’s Play Pretend: Imposter Syndrome
“I have written 11 books but each time I think ‘Uh-oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re going to find me out.” —Maya Angelou “The exaggerated esteem in which my life work is held makes me feel…
Daily Masks: Self Image
“People may call what happens at midlife a ‘crisis’, but it’s not. It’s an unraveling – a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you wanted to live, not the one you are “supposed” to live….to let go of who you…
Daily Masks: What Are Your Values?
“A value is a way of being or believing that you hold most important.” Brené Brown Most companies have mission statements that summarize the values, as well as tenets they were founded on. Common words included in mission statements are: integrity, value, service, growth, customers…