Tiny Bites of Wagaliciousness

Have you ever cried over a lost job or a lost friend or a lost love? Most of us have, and it’s not a pretty cry, is it? It feels like we’re trying to water a dead plant back to life with our tears. Maybe you cried for...

Did you look at someone and smile today? Did you hold the door for someone? Did you send birthday wishes on your favorite social media channel, or a birthday text or email or card? Did you know you light up...

The other day I was nearly swamped by a wave of emotions when the “first dance” song from my wedding 38 years ago came on the radio. It shocked me to get all those feels – the marriage lasted 30 years, the breakup...

We’ve talked about change on this podcast before. How change is constant, how it can be your enemy or your ally, and how that’s all up to you. Have you ever thought about your life next year and how it can be...

Do you cringe when you read the words “trigger warning”? Did that question just trigger you? Not because you fear you’re about to be triggered, but maybe because some people feel they need or deserve the...

Were you taught to hide your feelings? The people who raised you may not have meant to send a message of “suck it up, Buttercup” to you, and yet in subtle ways many of us received that message early and often. “Big...

Quick – take inventory of your friends. The “in real life” ones, not the ones on social media. This is easier if you make some lists. Make three columns on a page, label the first one “true blue” the second one “baby...

Are you living or just existing? Are you just trying to get through each day, ready to lose yourself in the oblivion of sleep? When the alarm goes off, do you hit “snooze” as many times as you can before you...

Do you lead through fear or lead through trust? Think carefully – do the members of your team feel comfortable enough with you to disagree with you and discuss it with you? If not, you need to work on trusting your...

Quick – what are you worried about right now? Chances are, there’s something that’s nagging in the corner of your brain, like a petulant child who wants attention. Do you remember when you were a child, anticipating...

When you look back on your life, what do you see? Do you tend to focus on the drama and the trauma, or do you tend to focus on the triumphs? The way human brains work, you probably find yourself thinking of times when...

Can you be satisfied in unsatisfying conditions? Really think about that before answering, because most people can’t. Letting the circumstances around you dictate your state of mind is so common that most people don’t...