Tiny Bites of Wagaliciousness

What is magic? Is it a man on stage, making his beautiful assistant disappear? Is it a genie who lives in a lamp, waiting to grant wishes? Is it a Disney princess, waving her arm and creating magnificent ice...

What is creativity? If you remember your childhood, maybe creativity was making a paperweight for your dad out of a baby food jar and rocks, with gold spray paint for the rocks and the jar lid. Generation Alpha, the...

Competition can bring out the worst in some people. Competition can also be a powerful way to bring out the best in yourself. Choosing your competition is the first and most important step. Will you compete against...

Can you think of a time in your childhood when you were deliciously, easily, simply happy? I remember a Girl Scout meeting held in the local park where a man brought a bunch of different African drums and taught us...

How boring would this life be if everything stayed the same all the time? You’d never desire a new outfit or a new car or a new career because there wouldn’t be any “new” available – everything was just as it always...

You are a living, breathing body made of potential. Potential love, potential learning, potential teaching, potential sharing, potential giving – you are enormous potential. Notice I didn’t say “you HAVE enormous...

Is something ending in your life? Maybe it’s a job, or a relationship, or maybe you’re watching their world get smaller as someone you love nears the end of their life. Endings feel scary because of the unknown and...

How much time do you spend thinking about things that have already happened? Mulling something over in order to learn and grow can be a productive use of that time, but most of the time that’s not what’s going on up...

There is value in even the most stressful, difficult situation. That’s the truth, and yet finding the value while in the middle of the stress is hard to do. Normal emotions like anger, helplessness, and grief are more...

Do you need people to understand you? Most of us do, at least at some point in our life. One of the benefits of the grey hair that sprouts from my head is that it reminds me how far I’ve come and how much I’ve grown,...

Do you feel strong right now? Not physically strong, though that’s good too – emotionally strong. Do you feel like you could tackle a big problem if it was dropped on your desk right now? No? What would it take for...

How hard is it for you to apologize? For many of us, apologies don’t come easily – as a matter of fact, people usually take the “ignore it and hope it blows over” approach instead of the stronger, more emotionally...