Challenging Negative Self-Talk

Author’s note: This is Part 2 in a pair of posts.  I encourage reading Part 1 (My Friend Q) if you haven’t yet seen it! We live our lives largely unaware of the constant internal monologue we hold with ourselves, and for most the voice inside our head speaks with both positivity and negativity, building

My Friend Q

I have a friend.  She’s a lifelong friend—for the sake of this post, let’s call her Q.  Q and I grew up together, and went to school together; we played as children together, and as adults we now work together.  We’ve been roommates, living together, and to make a long story short, we are as

The Walk to Mordor Begins (again)…

At the end of August 2015 I began my first “Walk to Mordor,” a 1,779 mile journey retracing the steps of Frodo and Sam as they traveled from the Shire to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring.  And by “retracing,” I mean counting the miles they traveled and tracking my own, while reading along

January’s One Word: Mindful

There are many people and organizations today that preach a shift away from resolutions in the New Year and towards large ideas: one word that will take you and guide you through the year.  Some variations move towards three words for the year, or a phrase or mantra instead; the details vary, but the idea