Dr. Carolyn Coon

   If there is one word that describes your ‘who’ it’s character. There are a number of attributes that describe/define character such as integrity, honesty, reliability, etc. However, in my world of definitions, bottom line, when everything is stripped away, you are your character. Webster has multiple definitions of the word – character:  “the complex of mental and […]

Do you remember the last time you were involved with a conversation that was truly ‘involving’? That both you and the other person(s) were sharing and discussing a subject that brought further clarity or a new approach in thinking? How exhilarating, how energizing! How infrequent. Perhaps I’m just in my ‘anti small talk’ mood but

Typically you don’t recognize your really, really stupid stage until after you’ve come through it… often many years later. (It isn’t particularly a happy reminiscence.) However, I believe we all go through a really stupid stage or maybe it’s that I don’t want to believe I’m the only one. The stupid stage is identified by incredible self indulgence

  It’s all about you, you do realize – yes? Always has been, always will be. How you act and react is dependent upon what you believe, what you think, what you feel. And the foundation for this are your experiences and your frame of reference – which shapes you.  Are you doomed/blessed to be in this state

I recently read a post on facebook (Exceptional Living by Dennisse Lisseth quoting Brave Girls Club) on the question about ‘willing-ness’. As I thought more about the meaning of the word, the more I thought this is a good question to ask. It’s all very well to talk about being transparent or ‘letting the chips fall where

Do those two words define you? Not just describe but really define your life? Does the phrase – stop and smell the roses – totally irritate you? Are you part of the great – I’m too busy – horde? OK… stop for just a moment and look at your life. WHAT are you busy doing?

No, not the pom, pom thing. Perhaps I should have used the word – encourager instead. My point is – do you have someone in your life that’s your cheerleader? A cheerleader, an encourager is someone who is supportive, who pats you on your back when you do something. And the pat on the back doesn’t need

Let’s face it – we all are open to being tempted on some level in some area(s). None of us are impervious to temptation. The issue isn’t the existence of temptation but what do we do when confronted with it. How do we respond to temptation? Do we capitulate and just give in to it, even

Do you think a more trite title could have been used? If the title sounds a bit like Barbra Streisand’s extremely popular song, “People”, from the distant past then the similarities are entirely accidental. This phrase is one of those ‘givens’ that we don’t think about that much. Mistake. People populate our lives in so

For me, it’s all about the ‘because’. The because is the why, the reason for the response/reaction to what you’ve just said, did, want to do. Without the because there’s no real understanding. I suspect I can blame my parents for this predilection – they always included the reason when disallowing something. And they always made