The PeerRx Blog
Explore below for past buddy check newsletters and other inspiration for checking in with your partner.
The Art of Taking Nothing for Granted
“If I knew this was the last time I’ll see you, I’d tell you I love you, and would not just foolishly assume you know it already. “ Gabriel Garcia Marquez, novelist
How Could Your Life Be More Awe-Filled?
“I really don't know clouds at all.” Joni Mitchell (Both Sides Now)
Press Play!
“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing.” Charles Schaefer, PhD
What Would You Do if You Won the Lottery?
“You don't pay love back; you pay it forward." Lily Hardy Hammond
Let’s Create Some Brave Space!
“Together we will create brave space. Because there is no such thing as a ‘safe space’ …” — Micky ScottBey Jones
Yes, I’d Love Your Help!
“Having a need and needing help is not a sign that you’re weak, it’s a sign that you’re human.” – Kate Northrup, Author
Our Opportunity to Promote Healing
“When we push aside normal emotions to embrace false positivity, we lose our capacity to develop skills to deal with the world as it is, not as we wish it to be.” Susan David, PhD (Emotional Agility)
Perhaps This Time We’ll Really Open Up?
“I define vulnerability as uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure …. When you shut down vulnerability you shut down opportunity.” Brene Brown
It’s Recovery Time!
“We live in a world that celebrates work and activity, ignores renewal and recovery, and fails to recognize that both are necessary for sustained high performance.” Jim Loehr, PhD
We All Need a “Soul Friend” Colleague
“Friendship is always an act of recognition …. If you realize how vital to your whole spirit — and being and character and mind and health — friendship actually is, you will take time for it.” John O’Donohue
Physician, Please Stop Trying to “Heal Thyself”
“A minor operation is one that is done on someone else.” Richard Selzer, MD
The Importance of the Rest of the Story
“And now you know … the rest of the story.” Paul Harvey, legendary radio personality
It’s a Wonder-Full Life
“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.” EB White, author of “Charlotte’s Web”
I Want to Take More Call
“You just call on me …. when you need a hand. We all need somebody to lean on.” Bill Withers
Being Admitted to the “I See You”
“The ultimate touchstone of friendship … is witness.” David Whyte
Time to be Contagious!
“Emotions are contagious. We’ve all known this experientially.” Daniel Goleman, PhD (expert on Emotional and Social Intelligence)