Dr. Carolyn Coon

  How do you view your role and responsibility in life – one who is a caretaker of those ‘things’, relationships, people, etc. in your life or as the owner of them? Your interpretation of who you are determines absolutely everything because it forms the foundation of your mindset, your frame of reference. Webster defines […]

  From where you are, looking back, do you see how you got to where you are? I suspect the most important question is – is where you are where you want to be? If not, then knowing how you got to where you are is critical because you certainly don’t want to repeat (fill

  Are you? I’m not talking about racism or prejudice, I’m talking about you – how and who you are, all your bits and bobs. Are you a series of ‘parts’ or are you complete? Do you do what you do, when you do it, with the same standard? Perhaps a definition will give us

  Heard that one before? I suspect we all have. It can come across like a placebo during times of stress or disaster or whatever negative event occurred that you are facing or that you’ve just come through. I think it’s meant to be an encouragement, to help us look to the future rather than

  The encouragement, almost urgent, that I tend to express in my writing is that we all need to be actively engaged in living our life – a theme which I often return. Recently I was reading one of my favorite authors and she wrote, “…the responsibility for living a life.” (Jacqueline Winspear) I probably

  Do you know what this phrase means? According to phrases.org.uk, it means: “A small but irritating flaw that spoils the whole.” Small. Irritating. Flaw. But… it spoils the whole! Taking this statement a step further we can apply it to ‘life’ situations. Unquestionably, far too many times the fly is US! We are the ones

  Every once in awhile I stop myself and ask … ‘who am I talking to?’ Am I preaching to the choir? Am I talking to people who never would read this? Maybe I do have an ‘audience’ in mind… but what do I want to tell them? Or ask them? Encourage them? Teach? Perhaps this

  Seed time and harvest. The world is even aware of this when you consider some of the phrases used such as; what goes around, comes around. Yes? This always can be a check in our spirit as to what we NEXT say or do. Too often we seem to ignore the voice of our spirit

  I read this on a friend’s Facebook post:     “Practice the Pause. When in doubt – pause. When angry – pause.       When tired – pause. When stressed – pause. And when you pause –       Pray.”It was attributed to Roma Downey, but whoever first spoke this – absolutely terrific! It does give

  Recently I told a friend, “Life is a series of interesting seasons.” When you think about it and/or look at your own life – true that? It is impossible (I think) to stand still and take up residence in a place or time for long. This is why I keep preaching that we need