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Do You Have Room?

“𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙮, 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙡𝙙. 𝙒𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? 𝙒𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢? 𝙇𝙮𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙮 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙬𝙣𝙖 𝙀𝙙𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨, “𝘿𝙤 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙢”? A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend an enlightening …

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Letting Go of the Bike

“𝙔𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮. 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙂𝙤𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩.” 𝙀𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙩 The Bike as a Metaphor for What Happens in Life and Work Biking has been a source of joy for me ever since I purchased my Cannondale R1000Si road bike in July 2002. …

Spiritual Coaching Bereavement

I’ll Always Love My Mama, She’s My Favorite Girl

My brother Matt and I celebrated the life of our Mom today on the third anniversary of her passing first with Mass at Mount Carmel, lighting a candle for her in front of the Statue of St. Jude (her favorite saint), a walk through her favorite park, and then breakfast at The Daily Treat, almost …

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Dear Younger Me: Remembering October 19, 1987 and Lessons Learned

This morning before heading over to Mass, I did my usual routine of walking our three golden retrievers followed by a quick check of my email, text messages, and what appointments I had lined up on my calendar for the day ahead. I literally stopped in my tracks when I saw that today was October …

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Recession or Slowdown: The Growing Importance of Employee Trust and Human-Centered Leadership

“𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕?” 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅. “𝑻𝒘𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔,” 𝑴𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. “𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚.” 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍, “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔”, 𝑬𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒂𝒚 Recession Fears Intensify That famous Hemingway quote from above perfectly captures the mood of the markets as aggressive Fed tightening, persistently high inflation readings, the war in Ukraine, and continuing supply chain …

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Certified Grief Educator

“Blessed are they who mourn for they will be comforted” Matthew 5:4 Super grateful to David Kessler, FACHE, the world’s most renowned grief expert, for having completed his Grief Educator Certification Program and bringing his comprehensive and unique methodology, tools, and decades of experience to help us better navigate the many challenges associated with grief. …

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The Loyola Jesuit Center

“𝙒𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙨” 𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙂𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙠, 𝙎𝙅 I am honored to be joining the Board of Trustees at the Loyola Jesuit Center in Morristown, NJ to help develop a new Strategic Plan for this awe inspiring place that has been a special home to so many retreatants like myself …

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The Search For Meaning in Your Grief

The Search for Meaning in Your Grief “The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not “get over” the loss of a loved one, you will learn to live with it, you will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will …

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Discerning Spiritual Serenity: What to Accept and What to Change?

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference”. From the Serenity Prayer, Reinhold Niebuhr (1932) My Journey with Sobriety Now 32 Years in the Making The above quotation taken from the Serenity Prayer has been a …

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Embracing the Truth to Change Your Direction

“The degree to which a person can grow is in direct proportion to the amount of truth they can accept about themselves without running away.” Leland Val Van De Wall When I read this quote the other day I literally stopped what I was doing as it really hit home for me in a deeply …