How to Reach Your Most Challenging Goals – Choose Your “Person Metric”

4 years ago

Pretend you wanted to get really good at freehand drawing straight lines. How would you measure your improvement? By checking…

Surviving Stress: Three Essential Life-Hacks

4 years ago

My good friend Danielle Thorp, who goes by her nickname, "Happy", is a very talented freelance writer, editor, and personal…

Drowning in the Sea of Bad News? Here’s a Lifeline

4 years ago

A global pandemic. Financial insecurity. Social isolation. A tattered economy. Racial injustice. Broken social systems. Loved ones suffering. And it’s…

Three People We All Need in Our Lives

4 years ago

I heard the panic in my son’s voice. Water from a burst pipe was rapidly flooding his bathroom and he…

3 Gifts I Gave Myself on my 50th Birthday: Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Hope

4 years ago

My recent birthday brought to mind this post I originally published in June of 2019. Given all that's gone on…

3 Simple Questions to Help You Fight Injustice

4 years ago

I noticed this post from February of 2018 was trending lately here at Becoming Yourself. Given the current social justice…

How to Hold Back an Ocean – Be a Brick in the Wall

4 years ago

I did not want to write this post. I have readers of differing backgrounds, orientations, spiritual beliefs, political affiliations, etc.…

What I’ve Learned About Myself from Writing 100 Personal Development Posts

4 years ago

This is my 100th personal development blog post. I took some time to reflect on the journey to this personal…

The Life Lesson I Learned from “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” – Have a Point!

5 years ago

In the classic comedy movie Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Steve Martin delivers this biting line to John Candy: “When you’re…

Those Helpless and Isolated Feelings You’re Having? Here’s an Antidote

5 years ago

I’ve been feeling helpless and isolated lately. Helpless to do anything to make a real difference in the face of…