by Lisa McFarland | Oct 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
I wonder if the Stoics would have enjoyed Halloween. I doubt Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus would have dressed in a costume, and gone village to village knocking on doors with a plastic pumpkin container or pillowcase in hand, hoping to score some goodies. Yet, when I...
by Lisa McFarland | Oct 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
A recent post mentioned that next to death, our number one fear as humans seems to be public speaking. But if you are in grief, you may experience another high ranking fear. Having done a lot of grief work in my own life, and interacted with so many others...
by Lisa McFarland | Oct 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
How well do you handle yours? There is a rumor out there that public speaking may be the #2 fear for most of us, second only to death. That’s some serious fear. One of the reasons is that when our “nerves” get to work and we experience...
by Lisa McFarland | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of the many drawbacks to having no time to one’s self, is that when there is a window of time for spontaneous activity, or recreation even, one may not have any idea what to do with it. When all of our time is a promise to someone or something other...
by Lisa McFarland | Oct 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Just this weekend I had the rare opportunity to go the golf course with a dear friend and play 9 holes. This cool and gray Fall weather is a beautiful time of year to be outdoors and enjoy the changing landscape. The course we played was drenched...