Dr. Carolyn Coon

Death is difficult to deal with. Perhaps it’s the finality that makes it so difficult or the sense of loss, the pain of separation. There also always seems to be the accompanying emotion of guilt. regardless of what you have or have not done for the person who died, you always feel you haven’t done […]

Have you ever had a brush with death? However, the larger question is… did it change your life? Did you make some lifestyle changes as a result of the experience? Or… after a few day, weeks, months did life revert back to what it was prior to the experience? Maybe you made some promises to

How do you define ‘quality of life’? You do need a definition, a description or how else will you know you are or are not experiencing it? Additionally, your definition may not be similar to anyone else – we all have our own definitions. Regardless, what are you doing right now to attain your quality

I wonder if we think about the cost of freedom. I know I rarely do and, like so many, take the freedoms I have for granted. There’s a kind of invincibility about us when it comes to freedom – it’s our right, it’s our heritage. No one can or ever will take it from us!

We all need our own quiet place. Actually this is a physical place, a place where you can go to be by yourself and regroup, refresh, reflect or do whatever you need to do for yourself to catch your breath in order to continue. It can be a time for long-term planning and/or decision making or it

I’m not certain there is anything more detrimental than doubt. Once it is part of the fabric of your thinking it seeps into everything and sullies all in the process. Doubt can be invasive and undermine your way of reacting and interacting. If you doubt, you rarely can look at the person/idea in the same way again

Are you a bridge burner? Once you’ve decided on a particular action/direction do you burn the bridge your on and those behind you? I’m not talking about the ‘quality’ of the decision – right/wrong, good/bad, smart/stupid, etc. – merely the finality of decision. Do you ever reassess? Again, this is not a statement on the

At the risk of sounding macabre… every once in a while I do a check to see if I have any outstanding business that needs attending. What I do is to ask myself – if I were to die tonight was there anyone I needed to talk with, anything I needed to finish or make

Do you know what your reputation is? How are you viewed by those who inhabit your world? And I’m not talking about how you want to be known, what is your reputation? Do you want to know? In the final analysis, your reputation allows you to know who you are from others’ perspective. You actually

Are you a victim? Do you have a victim’s mentality? Just because  ‘things’ aren’t going your way doesn’t make you a victim. And just because you experience harsh times in your life doesn’t make you a victim. Perhaps you say that it isn’t your fault that (fill in the blank with your excuse/reason about why