by Neal (N.G.) | Apr 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Boy, am I aware that April is Stress Awareness Month because I’m experiencing stress even as I write this. It’s great that we have a whole month to learn about and focus on stress and how to reduce it. I have been in a group leadership program to learn how to be a...
by Neal (N.G.) | Nov 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I was a teenager, I made some bad choices. And one of them got me locked up at Rikers Island Reformatory. I felt scared and alone. I couldn’t believe what had happened and that I was behind bars. I couldn’t wait to get out. But as important as that was, my...
by Neal (N.G.) | Apr 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
I went to hear Shaka Senghor speak on Martin Luther King Day in Dallas, Texas. It was an event put on by the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. For those of you who don’t know Shaka Senghor, he is an ex-felon who spent nineteen years in prison, seven of those...
by Neal (N.G.) | Sep 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s Doable It’s important to understand how you’ve been getting in your own. It’s important to know the things you tell yourself–those thoughts and beliefs–that keep you where you are in life. Yes, it will take work to reveal them...
by Neal (N.G.) | Sep 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Yes, I said blob. It was original a typo, but then I thought it really is a blob. It’s a blob because it’s a creature from my mind. And it’s initially an unformed creature–a blob if you will. As I type I’m creating this blob. What is it I...
by Neal | Sep 16, 2019 | Expanding What's Possible, Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone, Personal Growth, Self Help
Hamlet asked the question we’re all familiar with today, “To be or not to be?” He was contemplating the choice between life and death–a far more serious question than to grow or not to grow. Or is it? Your first response may be,...
by Neal (N.G.) | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Why Stretch Yourself?Either you believe there is always room for growth or you don’t. Strangely, even though we are living in the twentieth century a lot of people don’t even consider stretching yourself. And on top of that, they don’t know how....
by Neal (N.G.) | Sep 16, 2019 | Happiness, Uncategorized
What’s Having Fun Like Anyway?Having fun is relative just like what makes us happy is. I have fun playing with my cat. I have fun just being with him. That may sound strange, but it’s my idea of fun. Not yours. I know his days are limited. Maybe I’ll...
by Neal (N.G.) | Sep 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
You Do Get to Choose Again!I’m sure you heard that expression before that it’s not over until it’s over. And it’s true. As long as we’re living, we’re still in the game. It doesn’t matter what’s happened before. It...
