Ok, so the title is a little long, I created it to get your attention- that’s what headlines are supposed to do. If you go back and look at the titles this week, you’ll see that I managed to sneak in at least a little bit of most of them.
This article is the beginning of a new series that we’re introducing here at BouncebackCafe.com. Although we like to think we know a lot, we actually are just active learners who like to share what we learn. We love ideas, new ones, old ones, reframed ones. Ideas – new to you, as NBC used to say about their reruns – can help us change how we live our lives. Yes, it takes more than just an idea, it takes action, but before the action comes the thought… about the idea. (I think I just went in a circle.)
Continue reading » Deliberately Finding What Fits So That We Can Snap Out of It and Spin Into Control
Nah, not that stationary bicycle “Spinning” idiocy – more power to any of you that enjoy it – my body just says “you want me to WHAT???”
I’m talkin’ ’bout a different kind of spinning. In my continuing quest for ways to deal with unexpected and unwelcome aggravations, I offer you spinning – do this after you’ve gone ballistic and snapped out of it – but before you actually leap into action. That’s the time to do a mental walk-around-the-problem looking for new perspectives on the way things are. Yes, pull out your rose colored glasses. Like sunglasses, they have their uses. And aggravation overload is one of those times when rose colored glasses can protect your spirit from the gloomie-rays.
 In my office bookcase I treasure a small, petit point pillow featuring the whimsy of clever, self-taught author & artist, Mary Engelbreit. I keep it there, in my line of sight, to help me get through those AAAARRRRGGGHHHH moments. You know, when you get the blue screen of death on your ’puter, or the phone rings for the umpteenth time and you feel like singsong-answering, “grand central station, how can I help you?”
Continue reading » Snap Out of It!
This is an invitation – an invitation to join a conversation about making the most out of life no matter what it throws at us. Ellie and I have been doing a lot of talking and we’d really like to hear from you. Please, join the conversation.
I met a friend for dinner over the weekend. We used to work together and we’ve been friends for a very long time. Not wanting to be pushy, I waited until the end of dinner to ask her if she’d had a chance to go out and look at our new blog. She said that she had, but that she didn’t know quite what to “do” with it. Since she isn’t the first one to express this sentiment, I thought I’d take a stab at what you “do” with a blog.
Continue reading » Is Anybody Out There?
You know how you feel when everything fits? When you head out into the world in the right outfit that fits just right? It’s like you can do anything, you can take on the world. There’s bounce in your step. There’s nothing worse for your confidence than clothes that don’t fit. Spending your day pulling up your pants or digging your pants out of your ass does not help you exude anything you want to exude.
Sometimes, when we go shopping, we are fooled in the store. Later we find out that the pants stretch too much after wearing them for an hour, or that they bind in a way they didn’t when we tried them on. So we stick to those clothes that fit right because they make us feel the best about ourselves. And sometimes we have to take things back to the store to find the one that fits.
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