http://www.yourmentalwealth.com Identify Behaviors That Keep You Stuck Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:20:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As some of you may know I was involved in the filming of a TV docudrama, “The Judd’s” that aired recently for the new Oprah Winfrey Network. If someone would have asked me if I thought it would be a good idea to have two people try to improve the quality ... http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/the-judd%e2%80%99s/ With my head bowed, through my tears and grief, in a barely audible choking voice, I was finally talking with my dad.   After years of those all too common conversations limited to talking about sports, the weather, and gossiping about relatives, I was finally telling him all of the things ... http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/gold-nuggets/ I received this letter from a student and athlete that I taught and coached 25 years ago.  Here is part of what it said. I want to let you know how important you have been to me in my life.  I know I haven’t seen or talked to you over the ... http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/passing-it-on/ I was a participant in a workshop a while back, led by the man who is credited with bringing a concept called Mindfulness Meditation to America and popularizing it.  As I understand it, in order to sell the idea, he asked doctors in the hospital to refer the patients that ... http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/how-to-behave-better/ “You don’t have anything you should wear”, said a friend of mine, more serious than not.  “Here’s what I want you to do.  Go to a good clothing store and tell them where you are going, how long you are going to be there and who you will be working ... http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/nothing-to-wear/ Clients may need your help discovering the childhood beliefs affecting their financial decisions today. Every financial planner has had this experience. A client couple comes to you in some financial distress. And they came to the right place: This is what you do, and you're good at it (if you don't ... http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/behavior-modification/ I first met Woody when he walked into my group at Onsite in January of 1992.  It was the second therapy group that I had led at Onsite.  He was a wonderful, warm, charismatic, 49 years old; a 225 pound giant of a man, who I would soon learn was ... http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/woody%e2%80%99s-story/ How do they do that?  I have always asked that question when I hear people say “Looking back, I have absolutely no regrets”.  I haven’t evolved to that level of self-acceptance I guess. I was reminded of one just the other day.  It involved my daughter.  There was a time when ... http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/regrets-i-have-a-few/ Though this story first appeared a number of years ago in one of our first books on money, I realize that many of you may not have seen it.  I am re-telling it here, because it is an important part of my story. My relationship with money had always been one ... http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/24-hours-to-live/ In my father’s last few months of life, he was in a convalescent home. He couldn’t speak. It seemed as if most of the time he was unconscious, though he might have just been sleeping deeply. I wasn’t really sure that when his eyes were open, if ... http://www.yourmentalwealth.com/fathers-eyes/