Morning Musings

I love my quiet time in the morning.

Seems I wake up, more often than not with the FID’s.  That’s:  Fear Of Impending Doom.  I don’t know why I seem to “come to” most days in this state, but, thank God (or Good Orderly Direction, or Source, or Universal Intelligence, or whatever you want to call it), I do know what to do about it. Continue reading “Morning Musings” »


December 13

We can train people’s expectations…in a good way.  Training the people at work, our friends, or in our favorite restaurants can really work to our advantage…sometimes even when we don’t want it to. Case in point:  One of my clients […]

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December 12

We can train people’s expectations…in a good way.  Training the people at work, our friends, or in our favorite restaurants can really work to our advantage…sometimes even when we don’t want it to. Case in point:  One of my clients […]

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December 11

We train people’s expectations…people bring you/prepare for you what they think you want.  Ifsomeone on my job is tracking me down to bring me a piece of the birthday cake I so deliberately avoided, then they must think I want […]

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December 10

What are they thinking?…I don’t want to draw attention to myself.  One of my clients who happens to be a therapist herself, caught herself hesitating to move a bread basket away at a dinner with two couple friends.  She realized […]

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December 9

What are they thinking?…Using social pressure to your advantage.  I have done a lot of my worst over eating when I was alone.  I didn’t really want to be a lunatic in front of others, and (in theory) the company […]

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December 8

What are they thinking…I don’t want my kids to stand out.  Being a parent must be even tougher than just managing yourself because now you are worried also about how your child fits in.  The commercials from the manufacturer of […]

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