If you’ve been following along these last 13 days, you know that I somehow ‘injured’ my left leg. I put injured in quotes for a couple of reasons. One, none of the medical professionals I talked to really knew what was wrong… or what happened… or why. Two, something I read yesterday, causes me to…
When you are dealing with non-specific pain like that associated with fibromyalgia, lupus, MS, nerve damage, and others — it usually takes more than a pretty pink pill to end it. I’ve been grappling with severe, lengthy episodes of pain since the Fall of 2002. And, I’ve tried a lot of things to make that…
Last weekend I buggered up something in my left leg ‘system’. I’ve been to 2 docs and gotten 4 opinions. Swell! Ever happened to you? So, who do you believe? What’s great is the first doc, my family doc, wants me to get an ultrasound to check out the, hopefully slim, possibility that the problem…
You’ve heard to them. You maybe even know one. The Starving Artist. Brilliant. Gifted. Maybe a little eccentric. But, creative as heck. And, poor as a church mouse. Why does it seem that following a path of heart means following a path of poverty? Or, does it have to? A new book, by spiritual marketer…
Last post we took a look at Holland codes, the tool for sorting and categorizing occupations based on interests. So, how do you figure out your Holland code? You can do if for FREE here. Be warned though: the results will be directional and may not be completely accurate. To take a full blown Interest…
What good is a job or career if it doesn’t interest you? I’m imaging that something like that ran through John Holland’s noggin years ago, and caused him to devise his famous/infamous occupational coding scheme. Prior to Holland’s work, occupations were a mish mash. His goal was to organize them in a meaningful way… and…
What’s the relationship between pain and stress? I’m guessing you’d say, "pretty clear!" Up goes stress, up goes pain. So, how do you reduce stress in a crazy, info-glutted, Crackberry world? Take a walk. Yeah, it can be that simple. Oh, and on that walk… take a deep breath or six. And, when you’ve wound…
21 years ago I was discontented Systems Analyst trying to figure out what I wanted to be "when I grew up." My HR contact handed me a self guided workbook and said, "have at it." I did. But, it didn’t help much. Would have been nice to have a career counselor or coach. Maybe that’s…
Some time on the weekend I fubared my left leg. The pain is astonishing. Sharp. Stabbing. Doesn’t matter where I move my leg, it hurts. It’s a matter of finding the position where the pain is least. The doc wasn’t sure what the problem is. Going for sonogram to check for the slim possibility of…
A prospective client and I were having a discussion about passion. Someone had suggested he didn’t have any. My response was, "BS!" The ‘world’ at-large, particularly the American world, seems to have this notion that passion is loud, out-there — in a word, Extraverted. As someone who has an Extraverted preference but lives in a…
