by Pam Hernandez | Nov 10, 2022 | Change, Gratitude, Leaders, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Time
Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. -by Robert Frost I have been reading lots...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 5, 2022 | Change, Clarity, Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, Strengths, Well-being
I sometimes feel I’ve gone through my life like a chocolate dipped ice cream cone. I have a deceptively solid exterior – nice looking, pleasing and totally hiding what’s underneath. I’m taking a class where we’re asked to identify one big change we’d like to make in...
by Pam Hernandez | Jan 11, 2022 | Clarity, Leaders, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Well-being
We are all wired to create stories. Stories are the way humans make sense of their lives. The ability to craft stories separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. Most of the time we don’t even realize we’re creating a story. The guy that cut me off in traffic...
by Pam Hernandez | Jun 8, 2021 | Change, Gratitude, learning, Mindfulness, Personal Growth
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” –Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz I had cataract surgery on my right eye yesterday. I’ll have my left eye done in a couple of weeks. They replaced my cloudy lens with a multi-focal lens that also...
by Pam Hernandez | May 27, 2021 | Compassion, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Relationships, Well-being, Women
I have been reading Pema Chodron’s book, Start Where You Are, and the above quote jumped off the page at me. What followed was a beautiful description of gloriousness and wretchedness and the necessity of both in our lives. “Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us,...
by Pam Hernandez | May 17, 2020 | Generations, History, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Relationships
This old song by Carly Simon has been running through my head for a few days, especially the refrain, and the last lines, “These are the good old days.” We can never know about the days to come But we think about them anyway And I wonder if I’m really with you...