
The PeerRx Blog
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Equanimity in the Midst of This Season’s “Surge”
“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Celebrate Thanks-Giving Every Day
“I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude”. -Brene Brown
The Wounded Healer: There is Power in Sharing Our Stories
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou
“It Was Nothing” Really Matters
“Perhaps there is only one person’s voice lacking for peace to come to the world.” ― Joseph Jaworski from the book Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership
Celebrate Good Times (with others)? Come On!
“Celebration is habit fertilizer.” BJ Fogg, PhD, author of “Tiny Habits: The Small Habits That Change Everything”
Having the Courage to Get Found
“And so say I. To all those who have hid too good. Get found kid! Olly-olly-oxen-free.” Robert Fulghum, author
No One Should Care Alone, Ever ….
“Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert, author
The Importance of Being Pre-Paired
“Something I know about community is that you have to build it before you need to lean on it.” Suleika Jaouad (Author and Blogger)
You are “Grief-Worthy,” So Don’t “Dis” Your Grief – and Theirs
"Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve." Rabbi Earl Grollman, author and an internationally recognized bereavement counselor
What Thoughts Are You Feeding?
“Where attention goes, energy flows.” Variations of this quote credited to many
No One Should Struggle Alone
“We need to be better at helping each other.” Physician colleague who came within minutes of committing suicide
Revisiting Resilience – The Practice of “Presilience”
“How we respond to the issue is the issue.” – Linda Graham, LFT, psychotherapist, author, and resilience expert
“The Great Recalibration” (Part 3): You Reading This, Be Ready
“If everything is important, then nothing is important.” Patrick Lencioni, author and leadership consultant
“The Great Recalibration” (Part 2): Is it Time for an “End of Life” (as you know it) Conversation?
“Look closely at the present you are constructing. It should look like the future you are dreaming.” - Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winning author
“The Great Recalibration” (Part 1): The Importance of Living the Questions
“Be patient toward all that is unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves …” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
What to Do When You’ve Lost Your Why
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” Friedrich Nietzsche
It’s Either Belonging or Be Longing …
“ … belonging is the meaning of life.” Eric Barker, Author and Blogger
Time For Us All to Stretch More
“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen ….” Brene Brown
Let’s Connect!
“Loneliness is far more than just a bad feeling—it harms both individual and societal health.” US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA