Dr. Carolyn Coon

I may be wrong but I think one of the worst feelings in the world is to discover that you have been lied to. It gets worse when you discover it is someone you care for, someone you had trusted. (The caveat is that the lie was deliberate and that it was substantive.) What becomes […]

Have you ever thought about the word, ‘no’? About how the word is said evokes different reactions? But also, regardless of how it is spoken, when it is said it stops everything? Those two letters are powerful and I sometimes think they are even more powerful then ‘yes’. Think back… what is typically the first word

Do you ever feel stagnant? Are you, or is this only a momentary ennui? Do you only have a case of the blahs or is it more serious? Do you feel bereft of creativity? Perhaps you don’t feel you have any exciting challenges or maybe you don’t know where/how to start on your current project.

Are you a risk taker? What ‘kind’ of a risk taker? Are you defiant? Because if defiance is the basis for your risking then you are headed for a world of hurt. Risk can be defined as: challenge. Or adventure. Webster defines the word as: peril, menace, danger, threat, trouble. Actually I would also define

Do you focus on the ‘what was’, your ‘new’ or do you ‘reinvent’? ‘Re’ means do again. Do you want to re-do?  …or do something new, something different, something that’s always lurked at the back of your mind (and heart)? Do you harbor this little seed that you don’t let grow because if it did, you know, with

I’m the type of person that really hates to owe anyone anything. I would rather hold off on a personal  ‘treat’ than to have a debt hanging over my head. Maybe you aren’t that way but in the back of your mind, until you do acquit your obligation, it will ‘haunt’ you. But have you

Is that what you’re expecting? That whatever you need/want will somehow miraculously ‘plop’ into your lap? Do you secretly believe this? When you ask others to pray for you do you then simply abrogate your involvement or responsibilities since it’s now their responsibility to pray for whatever you need/want? You might be surprised at how

This is not a fatuous comment. We don’t always act on this fact that everybody is somebody. Even that We are somebody. We can become dismissive of this, especially when it’s someone we think we know well – like family. I think it’s critical to be involved in all conversations, not just listening with half your thinking. I learned very

First… understanding is not agreement but it is the first step to know if there is communication. Are you hearing one another – actually, are you even listening? Are you speaking the same language (same words, same definitions)? Sometimes we discover we are using different words but meaning the same thing, thus the need to

There’s a uplifting movie about a young man who wanted to play football for Notre Dame. Though he didn’t appear to have the talent, that didn’t deter him from pursuing his goal. If anything speaks to heart rather than performance, that movie’s character does. Applying that thinking, you need to know that God wants us to run our race not